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Post by samantha711 on Jun 24, 2005 20:00:53 GMT -5
Not one person would answer this question on ADCC, so I figured what the heck...try it here.
I have a Question about the Online University accreditation process. There seem to be MANY organizations that do educational accreditation. So, my question is, how would I know which ones are TRUELY recognized by traditional schools, human resource departments, etc.? I already have my B.B.A., but I'm looking at programs for certificates in Accounting. Basically to get the accounting credits required to sit for the CPA exam. I found one school "Strayer University" that offers an Accounting Certificate, all accounting courses for someone who already has a degree. This school say's that they are fully accredited by the The Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States a*sociation. I've gone to that cite and they do list Strayer as one of their accredited schools.
But, I'm still a little worried. How do I really know if a school is fully accredited??
Thanks for any info. Suze
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Post by Vince on Jun 24, 2005 22:38:43 GMT -5
Sue, Good question. I don't know the answer. You'd better be sure and find out 100% for sure before you sign up though, since you could be wasting your time by getting a so called degree from some of these online courses. Many of them try to advertise that they are accredited through some fancy sounding commission, when it's meaningless.
Good luck finding the answers... if you do please post them here. I bet it would only take a visit or a phone call to your local 4 year college to get your answer. Someone that is head over the admissions and records department would know.
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Post by samantha711 on Jun 24, 2005 23:04:36 GMT -5
I actually had a pretty good idea given to me on ADCC. Basically, call the organization in my state that administers the CPA testing. They will give me a definite YES or NO on college courses. But, like you were saying, there are so many out there now & some are total BS. I like to find the well known schools that have been around forever, that still have a physical university. I took some courses through AIU, but only after 60 minutes and Dateline went after bogus online univ. and listed AIU the Harvard of online schools. Thanks Suze
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Post by jjmalott on Aug 1, 2005 8:30:05 GMT -5
Suze The Middle States a*sociation is listed as a recognized agency with the US Dept of Ed. They are the same agency accrediting universitys like Seton Hall and Georgetown. Strayer University has been accrediated since 1981
Jeff
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