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Revision as of 18:01, 23 March 2010
This is a list of entities that have been identified as accreditors of higher education institutions, but that lack necessary legal authority or government recognition to provide such educational accreditation.
Rules for educational accreditation vary from country to country. In most countries, the function of accreditation for educational institutions is conducted by a government ministry of education. In the United States educational accreditation is performed by private nonprofit membership associations. In the United States, accredited institutions of higher education must be accredited by agencies recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Often a school claiming accreditation from an unrecognized accreditor will not be viewed as legitimate in the academic community.[1] Institutional accreditation is required for institutions to receive U.S. government funds. Also, students who attend institutions of higher education that are accredited through accreditation associations not recognized by the USDE or CHEA do not qualify for U.S. government financial aid.[2] Recognized accreditors in the United States are listed in databases maintained by the USDE [3] and CHEA [4]
The following is a partial list of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning, as identified by the organizations themselves, government authorities in their respective countries, or other independent authorities. Also included are some religious accreditors, whose accreditation may have doctrinal significance but lacks recognized academic value,[5] and organizations that do not offer educational accreditation but have been misidentified as accreditors by organizations that offer educational services.
List
- Academy for the Promotion of International Culture and Scientific Exchange (APICS)[6]
- Accelerated Degree Programs[7]
- Accreditation Association of Christian Colleges and Seminaries, Morgantown, Kentucky[5]
- Accreditation Council of Theological Studies, Kochi, India [citation needed]
- Accreditation Council for TESOL Distance Education Courses [citation needed]
- Accreditation Governing Commission of the United States of America[8]
- Accrediting Association of Christian Colleges and Seminaries, Sarasota, Florida[5]
- Accrediting Commission International (ACI) (in Beebe, Arkansas) (aka International Accrediting Commission)[5][7][8][9]
- Accrediting Commission International for Schools, Colleges, and Theological Seminaries (ACI) (in Beebe, Arkansas) (aka Accrediting Commission International)[5][8]
- Accrediting Council for Colleges and Schools (ACCS)[8]
- Adult Higher Education Alliance [10]
- Alternative Institution Accrediting Association (AIAA)[5][8]
- American Accrediting Association of Theological Institutions (AATI) (in Rocky Mount, North Carolina) [8][11]
- American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation (AAHEA)[12]
- American Association of Drugless Practitioners Commission on Accreditation (AADPCA)[8]
- American Association of Independent Collegiate Schools of Business[5][8]
- American Association of International Medical Graduates (AAIMG)[7][8][9]
- American Association of Non-traditional Colleges and Universities (AANCU)[8]
- American Association of Schools (AAS)[2] [full citation needed][8]
- American Council of Private Colleges and Universities (ACPCU) (connected to the operator of Hamilton University, now called Richardson University)[8][13]
- American Council of University Accreditation
- American Federation of Colleges and Schools (AFCS)[8]
- American Federation of Colleges and Seminaries(AmFed)(AFCS) or American Federation of Christian Colleges and Schools (in Lakeland, Florida) [8][11]
- American Naturopathic Certification Board (ANCB)[8]
- American Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board[14]
- American Naturopathic Medical Certification and Accreditation Board (ANMCAB or ANMAB)[8]
- American Naturopathic Medicine Association (ANMA)[8]
- American Universities Admission Program[15]
- Arizona Commission of Non-Traditional Private Postsecondary Education[5][8]
- Asia Theological Association (ATA) [8]
- Association for Distance Learning (ADLP) (aka National Academy of Higher Education and Association of Distance Learning Programs)[8][16]
- Association for Innovation in Distance Education[14][17]
- Association for Online Academic Excellence (AOAE) (may be based in Wales) [7][8][9][13]
- Association of Christian Colleges and Theological Schools (in Louisiana or Virginia) [7][8][9][11]
- Association of Distance Learning Programs (ADLP) (aka Association for Distance Learning and National Academy of Higher Education)[16]
- Association of International Education Assessors (includes Council for Distance Education Accreditation) [8][18]
- Association of Reformed Theological Seminaries[8]
- Board of Online Universities Accreditation (BOUA)[8]
- British Learning Association (BLA)[8]
- Central States Consortium of Colleges & Schools (CSCCS) (connected to the operator of Breyer State University)[8]
- Centre of Academic Excellence UK (CAEUK)[8]
- Central States Council on Distance Education (CSCDE; based in Washington, DC) [7][8][9]
- Christian Accrediting Association (CAA)[8]
- College for Professional Assessment[19]
- Commission on Medical Denturitry Accreditation (COMDA) [8][20]
- Council for Distance Education Accreditation (CDEA; connected to Association of International Education Assessors)[8][18]
- Council for International Education Accreditation (CIEA) [8]
- Council of Online Higher Education (COHE)[citation needed]
- Council on Postsecondary Christian Education - According to John Bear's list of unrecognized accreditors, this organization was established by the operators of LaSalle University (Louisiana) and Kent College (Louisiana).[5]
- Council on Medical Denturitry Education (COMDE) [8][20]
- Distance Education Council (DEC) (connected to the operator of Saint Regis University) (not to be confused with the legitimate Distance Education Council recognized by the Indian Department of Education [3]) [8]
- Distance Education Council of America[5]
- Distance Graduation Accrediting Association [7][8][9]
- Distance Learning Council of Europe (DLCE) [7][8][9] (connected to University Degree Program)
- Education Accrediting Association (in Idaho)[7][9]
- Educational Accreditation Association (in Idaho)[21]
- European Accreditation Board of Higher Education Schools (in France, Belgium, and UK) [7]
- European Committee for Home and Online Education (ECHOE) (connected to University Degree Program)[8][22]
- European Council for Distance and Open Learning (ECDOE) [7][9] (connected to University Degree Program)[8]
- Examining Board of Natural Medicine Practitioners (EBNMP)[8]
- Expressive Psychology Association[7]
- Global Accreditation Commission (GAC)[8]
- Higher Education Accreditation Commission (HEAC)[8]
- Higher Education Services Association (HESA) (connected to University Degree Program)[8]
- HVAC Excellence [23]
- Hygienic Doctors Association (HDA) [24]
- Integra Accreditation Association (IAA)[8]
- Inter-Collegiate Joint Committee on Academic Standards (ICJCAS)[8]
- Interfaith Education Ministries (IEM) [8]
- International Academic Accrediting Commission (IAAC)[8]
- International Accreditation Agency for Online Universities (IAAOU) (connected to operators of Ashwood University, Belford University, and Rochville University)[8][25]
- International Accreditation Association (IAA)[5][8]
- International Accreditation for Universities, Colleges and Institutes (IAUCI)[8]
- International Accreditation and Recognition Council (IARC) [8][26]
- International Accreditation Organization [citation needed]
- International Accrediting Association for Colleges and Universities (IAACU)[citation needed]
- International Accrediting Commission (IAC) (Kenosha, Wisconsin)[11] (aka Accrediting Commission International)
- International Accrediting Commission for Schools, Colleges, and Theological Seminaries (IAC) (aka International Accrediting Commission) [5]
- International Accrediting Commission for Postsecondary Institutions (IACPI)[8]
- International Accrediting Commission for Postsecondary Education Institutions [5]
- International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)[27]
- International Association of Educators for World Peace[8] (Includes the international organization[28] and national affiliates in individual countries. Although some unaccredited institutions may have claimed accreditation from this organization, it is not engaged in educational accreditation nor is it an authorized accreditor.)
- International Association of Universities and Schools (IAUS) [7][8][9][29]
- International Commission for Higher Education (ICHE)[8]
- International Commission of Open Post Secondary Education (ICOPSE)[8]
- International Council for Accrediting Alternate and Theological Studies (Kerala, India)[citation needed]
- International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICODE)[8]
- International Distance Education and Learning Council (IDETC; not to be confused with the US-recognized Distance Education and Training Council)[8]
- International Distance Learning Accrediting Association (IDLAA)[8]
- International Education Ministry of Accreditation Association[7]
- International Interfaith Accreditation Association[4] (IIAA) (Closing down operations at the end of May 2007[30])
- International (States) Parliament for Safety and Peace (IPSP or ISPSP), operating from Palermo, Italy[31]
- International University Accrediting Association (IUAA) (in California) [7][8][9]
- Kingdom Fellowship of Christian Schools and Colleges[8][8]
- Middle States Accrediting Board (MSAB)[5]
- Midwestern States Accreditation Agency (MSAA)[8]
- National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) (aka Association for Distance Learning) [16]
- National Academy of Higher Learning[8]
- National Accreditation and Certification Board[5][citation needed]
- National Accreditation Association (NAA)[5][8]
- National Association for Private Post-Secondary Education (NAPSE)[5]
- National Association for the Legal Support of Alternative Schools (NALSAS)[citation needed]
- National Association of Alternative Schools and Colleges (NAASC)[5][8]
- National Association of Open Campus Colleges (NAOCC)[5]
- National Association of Private Nontraditional Schools and Colleges (NAPNSC; Grand Junction, Colorado)[5][32]
- National Board of Education of Liberia [7][33]
- National College Accreditation Council (NCAC)[citation needed]
- National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)[citation needed]
- National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE)[8]
- National Council of Schools and Colleges (NCSC)[5][8]
- National Distance Learning Accreditation Council (NDLAC)[8] (Glenndale University and Suffield University claim NDLAC accreditation)
- National Learning Online Council (NLOC)[8]
- Naturopathic National Council (NNC)[8]
- Non-Traditional Course Accreditation Body (NTCAB)[8]
- Online Christ Centered Ministries[8][34]
- Pacific Association of Schools and Colleges (PASC)[5][8]
- Regional Education Accrediting Commission (REDAC)
- Regional Education Accreditation Commission (REDAC)[8]
- Southern Accrediting Association of Bible Institutes and Colleges (SAABIC) [7][8][9]
- The Association for Online Distance Learning (TAODL)[8]
- Transworld Accrediting Commission International (TWACI), Riverside, California, USA[35]
- United Congress of Colleges (UCC) (Ireland, UK) [7][8][9]
- US-DETC—Nevada (not to be confused with the legitimate DETC, based in Washington DC.) [7][8][9]
- United States Distance Learning Association[8]
- Universal Council for Online Education Accreditation (UCOEA)[8]
- Verity College (Illinois, Michigan)[7]
- Virtual University Accrediting Association (VUAA) [7][9]
- Virtual University Accrediting Association (in California) (VUAA)[8]
- West European Accrediting Society (WEAS)[5][8]
- Western Association of Private Alternative Schools (WAPAS)[5][8]
- Western Council on Non-Traditional Private Post Secondary Education (WCNPPSE)[5][8]
- World Association of Universities and Colleges (WAUC) (in Nevada; operated by Maxine Asher)[5][7][8][9][13]
- World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions[36]
- World Council for Distance Learning Schools [citation needed]
- World Council For Excellence in Higher Education (WCEHE) [7]
- World Online Education Accrediting Commission (WOEAC)[8]
- World-wide Accreditation Commission of Christian Educational Institutions (WACCEI) [5][8][37]
- Worldwide Accrediting Commission[5]
See also
- Accreditation mill
- Diploma mill
- List of recognized accreditation associations of higher learning
- List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
References
- ^ http://www.chea.org/pdf/fact_sheet_6_diploma_mills.pdf
- ^ An Overview of U.S. Accreditation, by Judith S. Eaton, CHEA, accessed March 11, 2008
- ^ Institution Accreditation - main Page
- ^ Recognized Accrediting Organizations (as of October 2007), lists accreditation organizations recognized by CHEA and/or USDE (accessed March 08, 2008)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Accrediting Agencies Not Recognized Under GAAP (website recommended by U.S. Department of Education; both websites accessed October 21, 2007)
- ^ Bear J and Bear MP: Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance. Ten Speed Press, 2003, page 215. ISBN 1580084311
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w “Accrediting” entities not recognized by the State of Oregon, Oregon State Office of Degree Authorization (accessed March 17, 2009)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj Unapproved Accrediting Bodies, State of Michigan, revised February 9, 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board List of Fraudulent or Unrecognized Accreditors (archived February 17, 2007)
- ^ Diploma Mills: How to Identify and Avoid Fake Online Degrees - eLearners.com
- ^ a b c d Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning By John Bear, Mariah P. Bear (2003), page 61
- ^ Thomas Bartlett, ""Inquiry Into Higher-Education Group Reveals Odd Connections," Chronicle of Higher Education, Monday, August 25, 2008
- ^ a b c States Struggle to Regulate Online Colleges That Lack Accreditation by Sarah Carr and Andrea L. Foster, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 23, 2001
- ^ a b Canyon College, which asserts accreditation through this U.S.-based entity, states that the entity "is not affiliated with or approved by the United States Department of Education or other accreditors recognized by the U.S. Department of Education." See Canyon College Accreditation, Canyon College website (accessed July 22, 2008).
- ^ Registrars’ Group Takes On Diploma Mills, Inside Higher Ed, February 10, 2006.
- ^ a b c Associated Press, Cheyenne police chief defends distance-learning degree, April 23, 2005.
- ^ Association for Innovation in Distance Education website (accessed July 20, 2008): "AIDE is not an accrediting agency approved/recognized by the U.S. Department of Education."
- ^ a b Association of International Education Assessors and its affiliate, the Council for Distance Education Accreditation, are based in the United States (Murfreesboro, Tennessee), but their website states that the organization is "is not listed with any government agency or the U.S. Department of Education."
- ^ Bear, John (2003). Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning. Ten Speed Press. ISBN 1580084311.
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- ^ "Recognitions", Educational Accreditation Association website, accessed September 26, 2009, indicates an intention to request recognition
- ^ Marsha Forys, Children's counselor charged with fraud, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 26, 2005
- ^ HVAC Excellence website, is in its tenth year of providing third-party program accreditation and instructor certification for the HVAC-R industry in the United States
- ^ Although based in the United States (Helena, Montana), the Hygienic Doctors Association official website states (in an FAQ) as its response to the question "Is The H.D.A. recognized by the Department of Education?" that "Current laws in the United States of America prohibit the recognition of global accreditation of associations and organizations," indicating its acknowledgment that it lacks recognition.
- ^ First-Degree Fraud Houston Press July 20, 2006
- ^ IARC website states that its recognition "does not guarantee any sort of acceptance by any particular country or government" and its February 2008 newsletter states that IARC "derives it’s authority from it’s membership rather than government or any one particular industry body". (Website accessed March 11, 2008; spelling and punctuation are those used in the source.)
- ^ Provides program accreditation; not institutional accreditation. IACBE website states that CHEA has "declared the IACBE to be eligible for CHEA recognition" and "the IACBE is currently in the process of seeking that recognition."
- ^ International Association of Educators for World Peace
- ^ Psst. Wanna Buy a Ph.D.? Chronicle for Higher Education by Thomas Bartlett and Scott Smallwood, June 25, 2004
- ^ According to the recognition page of the Calamus International University [1], the IIAA is closing down operations at the end of May 2007.
- ^ Ezell, Allen; Bear, John (2005). "Appendix E: Accreditation". Degree Mills: The Billion-dollar Industry That Has Sold Over A Million Fake Diplomas. Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1591022381.
Here is a list of more than two hundred accrediting agencies that, as of late 2004, are not recognized by either CHEA or the US Department of Education. Inclusion on this list does not mean the accreditor is good or bad, real or fake, but only that it [is] not recognized by either of these two agencies. [...] Parlamento Mondiale per la Sicurazza e la Pace. Accreditor claimed by Senior University, Wyoming. It awards titles of nobility from an address in Palermo, Italy.
- ^ National Association of Private Nontraditional Schools and Colleges website
- ^ The higher education approval authority in Liberia is the National Commission on Higher Education, which reports that some fake universities diploma mills have disseminated fake documentation from Liberian authorities. Republic of Liberia National Commission on Higher Education, Urgent Disclaimer on the Illegal Establishment and Recognition of Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Liberia (2004).
- ^ Online Christ Centered Ministries describes its purposes solely as religious objectives. Listed purposes include facilitating evangelism, establishing accountability ("Maintain worthy, theological, ethical and evangelical standards among members") and recognition ("Recognize competent and credentialed ministries doing kingdom work on and off the internet"), and stimulating "solid, Christian education and the subsequent responsibility of teaching and evangelism." (See Our Purpose and Shepherd Bible College's Accreditation page.) On the OCCM website, member institutions are identified as "quality, exemplary, Christian ministries" (see Our Members). (Websites accessed August 26, 2007.)
- ^ Transworld Accrediting Commission International - Home Page
- ^ See World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions website; WOCATI is an international consortium that includes accrediting organizations; it does not describe accreditation as one of its functions.
- ^ The World-wide Accreditation Commission's website (accessed July 17, 2008) states: "The World Wide Accreditation Commission of Christian Educational Institution, in accordance with the Inspired teaching of the Bible, has chosen not to seek endorsement with either the EAES or CHEA."
Sources
- Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- Credential Watch's list and references for unofficial accreditation
- Andrew Jackson University List of Unapproved accreditors
- California Postsecondary Education Commission List of Unrecognized Accreditation Agencies -- In addition to unrecognized higher-education accreditors, this list includes several organizations that are not engaged in educational accreditation and do not represent themselves as higher-education accreditors, but that may have been listed as accreditation sources by one or more institutions.
- State of Michigan Lists of Nonaccredited Colleges and Universities and Unapproved Accrediting Bodies
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board List of Fraudulent or Unrecognized Accreditors (archived February 17, 2007)
External links
- Articles needing cleanup from February 2010
- Cleanup tagged articles without a reason field from February 2010
- Wikipedia pages needing cleanup from February 2010
- Articles with incomplete citations from March 2008
- Unaccredited institutions of higher learning
- Unrecognized accreditation associations
- School accreditors
- Education lists