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Accredited Online Degree Courses - Make Sure Your Diploma Is RealMany students are understandably confused about what accreditation means. Whether you’re pursuing an associates, undergraduate, masters or graduate online degree, you’ll want to take online accredited courses. Employers won't take your degree very seriously if it's from a non-accredited institution. (Accreditation is less important for certificate-type programs). The problem is that there's no single accreditation agency that provides colleges and universities, even bricks and mortar schools, with accreditation on a national level. That's true whether your attending live classes or pursuing an online degree. Professors and administrators have debated for years about whether a national authority should be created to certify the quality of higher education. But right now, college accreditation is given out by several different, and disconnected groups. Top Accrediting Groups
1) The Distance Education & Training Council (DETC), which rates and approves college degrees online from accredited colleges in about 70 different locations. 2) The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools. (Read more on How credible are the accreditation agencies?) Students looking for very specific college online career development courses need to "connect the dots" on accreditation. In some states, you'll be unable to get a teacher's license, for example, if your online degree is from a school that's not accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). State organizations that give licenses to practice law, engineering or even to teach in at the higher education level will also, in many cases, require that you have a degree from a school accredited by a specific professional board. Diploma Mills & "State Schools" Avoid phony "state approved" schools, which are cropping up all over the place. In many cases, being "state approved" means only that the school has a license to operate in a state, not that they have actually been approved to give an accredited bachelor online degree, an online accredited masters degree. Make sure you're signing up with a real accredited online school on the list of a major national accreditation organization. "Diploma Mills" are fake schools that simply sell college diplomas. They've been around for years, but the ability to "sell" and online degree from in invisible location has, unfortunately, helped them grow and prosper. They usually offer a diploma for a lump sum without requiring you to study online or in a classroom, often using high-pressure sales tactics to get you to sign on. A more subtle kind of diploma mill that's become popular is the school that gives you an online degree for your "life experience," without asking you to undertake any additional study. Be aware that many of these schools will claim to be "nationally accredited" or "accredited worldwide." These are both ways of saying that the schools are accredited by fake agencies. If your school is not accredited by one of the official groups noted above, look to a different school that's giving bona fide online accredited degrees. Do Your Homework For more research help to find a valid online degree, try our Resources for checking accreditation of online schools Understanding Accredited Online Degree Courses |
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