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Re: Ashford University- 1st class
Posted by Alex on 3/27/08

    This school was really put together by a couple of UOP students? Is
    the school fully accredited? Is there a physical school?

    I was siging up today, till I finally looked to see what everybody is
    saying~

    On 3/12/08, No dog in this fight wrote:
    > On 11/13/07, Chris P. wrote:
    >> On 11/11/07, Tim wrote:
    >>> Even so, you have to wonder why people keep echoing a similar
    >>> problem. It may be on the advisor, but in the court of public
    >>> opinion the institution is almost always the one that takes the rap.
    >>>
    >>
    >> Ashworth University is not REGIONALLY accredited. Therefor, there
    >> degrees are worthless. They are only nationally accredited by DETC
    >> which almsot all online schools can achieve. If the school is not
    >> REGIONALLY credited then their degress are not respected and are
    >> almost unrecognized by other schools, meaning you most likely won't
    >> be able to transfer credits. In their case they need to be
    >> accredited by SACS, which they are not. I called SACS directly, as
    >> well as go to their website WWW.SACSCOC.ORG. Sorry folks, I would
    >> look into another online school if your serious about your
    >> education. If its the money problem and your only interested in
    >> associates degrees, goto PennFoster, they are licensed to award
    >> associate of science degrees.
    >
    > I have no dog in this fight, but I do object to people who say that
    > schools are "fully accredited" when they are not regionally
    > accredited. I decided to check myself. First I checked the Ashford
    > site and found this:
    > http://www.ashford.edu/info/accreditation.php
    >
    > Which claims they are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning
    > Commission, a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges
    > and Schools. This is a bona fide regional accreditation agency.
    >
    > So I went to the regional accreditation site to double check. The
    > attached link (very long) should show the page that says that Ashford
    > is regionally accredited. It is very interesting. It says:
    >
    > Ashford University* IA Accredited
    >
    > *Name change: Mount St. Clare College to The Franciscan University
    > (12/5/02) to The Franciscan University of the Prairies (9/23/04).
    > Purchased by Ashford University in March 2005.
    >
    > So, Ashford bought an accredited school in 2005 and currently has
    > their programs under that accreditation umbrella (buying accredited
    > schools is not unheard of...it increases the market value of a school
    > when it is for sale. My kids K-8 Christian School bought an accredited
    > 7-12 school as a second campus). Ashford will have to get reaccredited
    > eventually...and I suspect it is not far off. In my region (WASC) it
    > is a major undertaking. I have been through several WASC
    accreditations.
    >

     
     

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