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