The Official Website Of The Distance Education Accrediting Commission

Since the implementation of the Bologna process, Dutch universities have started to bestow the English titles MSc and PhD instead of their Dutch equivalents. These English versions of the title are not protected under Dutch law. A diploma mill may thus bestow someone with a PhD title without violating Dutch law, but the recipient will not be allowed to use the protected titles "doctor" or "dr."

Axact tends to use addresses for many schools in Southern California, more than any other state. Prospective students are lured into these schools by promise of great jobs requiring a degree, hefty scholarships, etc. Membership in CHEA or CIQG is an opportunity to serve higher education, students and the public through advocacy and leadership in assuring academic quality through accreditation. Doctoral degrees issued by LaSalle are invalid academic credentials.

What Is Distance Learning? The Benefits Of Studying Remotely

If college players earned about 50% of their teams’ revenues like the NFL and NBA players do, the average football player’s yearly salary would be $360,000 and the average basketball player’s yearly salary would be $500,000. College athletes are risking their bodies as well as their future careers and earning potential to play for colleges and universities while often receiving a sub-par education. Although many NCAA rules were not an issue in this case, they are increasingly an issue for the public.

Vicky Phillips was cited in 2009 by US News & World Report as “for 20 years the leading consumer advocate for online college students.” In 1989 she designed America’s first online counseling center for distance learners on AOL. In 1998 she authored the first print guide to online graduate degrees,Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools put out by the Princeton Review. In 2001 she authoredNever Too Late to Learn the Adult Student’s Guide to College. The majority of Internet degree mills are “accredited.” The problem is that they are accredited by bogus agencies that they themselves have created. On December 15, 2005, CNN aired a report on diploma mills and terrorism. The report explained that "H-1B visas can be issued to anyone who is highly skilled and can get a job in the U.S. McDevitt is concerned a phony advanced degree could be the first step for someone in a terrorist sleeper cell."