| Requirements for licensing and/or
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| | accreditation for the school. Students
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| authorization for educational
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| | who are enrolled or have completed
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| institutions vary from state to state in
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| | degrees from schools that are not
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| the United States. Most states require
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| | accredited have wasted a lot of time,
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| that a learning institution be certified
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| | money, and effort on a degree that may be
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| authorized and/or accredited in order to
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| | rejected by potential employers. Credits
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| award accredited degrees to students.
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| | from schools that are not accredited
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| There are some schools out there that do
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| | cannot be transferred to other
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| not meet these requirements. In fact,
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| | universities.
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| there are several levels of fraud found
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| | There are several state-based and
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| in some educational programs and
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| | regional accrediting bodies. Each is
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| "schools." They range from using the
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| | recognized by the U.S. Department of
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| student's work history as the "learning"
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| | Education.
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| period that earned the degree to simply
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| | To find out whether the school is truly
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| selling diplomas. These "diploma mills"
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| | accredited, contact the appropriate State
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| have been around for decades. Online
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| | Department of Higher Education.
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| degrees programs like Degrees-R-Us
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| | Tribulations with non-accredited schools
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| promise a bachelor's, masters or doctoral
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| | some of these violators have been
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| degree in about 10 days. (There is a
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| | awarding diplomas and degrees for
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| higher tuition fee if you want to
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| | decades.
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| graduate with honors!) Now, however,
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| | Courts that have shut them down have
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| there are some states (Oregon, Iowa, and
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| | cited problems like:
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| South Dakota) that are cracking down on
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| | Too few qualified faculty members to
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| schools within their borders that grant
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| | maintain the number of students or level
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| degrees without any type of approval and
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| | of education Too much credit given for
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| legitimate accreditation. There are also
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| | previous life and work experience without
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| some states (Wyoming, Montana, and
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| | properly determining the actual level of
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| Hawaii) that allow unaccredited
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| | knowledge Not having course objectives
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| universities to do business as long as
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| | Awarding PhDs to students who haven't
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| they have a physical
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| | performed the type of research and
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| presence in the state. The problem is
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| | analysis typically required of such a
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| that when a state does pass legislation
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| | degree
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| that requires accreditation, those
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| schools simply change addresses (when you
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| | Basically, the problem relates to the
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| don't have a campus, it's not that
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| | schools having substandard requirements
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| difficult to move). The question of
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| | for earned degrees. Some programs even
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| jurisdiction also comes into play. If the
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| | allow students to earn masters or
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| institution has an address in one state
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| | doctoral degrees without having first
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| but sends out degrees from another state,
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| | earned a bachelors degree. The best bet
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| then which state is responsible for it?
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| | is to stick with a known, reputable
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| For this reason, the most important
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| | university or college that is offering
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| thing to check out before you begin any
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| | life experience degree. That school's
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| kind of distance learning program is the
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| | reputation will be at stake so it is more
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| accreditation the school has, or claims
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| | likely to have the same quality online as
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| to have. Simply having a statement about
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| | offline. Of course, there are some good
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| being "licensed by the state" isn't an
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| | programs from universities that are
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| accreditation and may not mean anything
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| | strictly online. According to an article
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| at all. There have been many violators
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| | by a former student at the University of
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| that claim accreditation from agencies
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| | Phoenix Online, many students feel as
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| that either don't exist, have been
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| | connected with other students as they
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| created by the school itself, or are
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| | would if they were on a campus attending
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| legitimate agencies but have no record of
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| | classes in the traditional way.
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