Another one bites the dust (about to anyways) - ITU

[bjcheung77]

From their accreditation page, it seems like they're in big trouble and will be forced to close, I read the PDF document sent to them early in the month.

This university has a few programs that really looks interesting for me, however, they ran into accreditation issues and haven't resolved them.  As of "tomorrow" June 28, 2022 - their appeal process will be determined, and it doesn't look good!

ITU Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internatio...University

They remind me of a recently closed institution, Silicon Valley University.  I had my eyes set on their programs as they were in areas I wanted to investigate (Business/CS or IT). Sadly, they were NA, wasn't fully online, and were ordered to close due to several accreditation issues.

SVU Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_University

For some reason, they remind me of National Hispanic University too, I wonder why Laureate officially closed the school instead of putting it all online or selling it instead for a slight profit if at all possible then.

NHU Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_H...University

[bjcheung77]

Wow, I actually liked what I read (the entire contents) within their appeal... I am drawn to see some accreditation agencies (not just regional and national or faith-based) need to "follow" their own regulations and rules. I really wonder how many institutions are just "forced" to close because the accreditation agency has a power trip or more up their sleeves. Such as USDOE for some time gave ACICS a taste of "losing recognition" for failure to comply to standards as an agency that accredits institutions... I hope that the USDOE will do so for ALL others as well... I wonder if there are complaints commissions for each and every one of these accreditation agencies...

[Johann]

Wow, I actually liked what I read (the entire contents) within their appeal... I am drawn to see some accreditation agencies (not just regional and national or faith-based) need to "follow" their own regulations and rules.  I really wonder how many institutions are just "forced" to close because the accreditation agency has a power trip or more up their sleeves.   Such as USDOE for some time gave ACICS a taste of "losing recognition" for failure to comply to standards as an agency that accredits institutions...  I hope that the USDOE will do so for ALL others as well...  I wonder if there are complaints commissions for each and every one of these accreditation agencies...

USDoE didn't give ACICS a "taste." Yanking recognition was intended to be permanent, until the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos reinstated ACICS at the request of her boss, Donald Trump. Betsy Devos is a very wealthy person - her family's wealth is estimated at around $5.4 Billion. I think that insulates her from appreciation of the damage to persons of average income or less, who face rising educational costs and debt, when agencies like ACICS don't do their jobs properly. No more chances.

The order has been reinstated under the Biden Administration, and I hope when all the crying, pooping, litigation and lawyers' feeding frenzy is over ,ACICS will lie motionless on the ground -- dead as it should be. 

Next up will likely be be ACCSC. https://www.thirdway.org/blog/should-thi...al-quality

[bjcheung77]

Here's their newest update as of 3 weeks ago: https://itu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/...pdated.pdf
More traction on the sister board: https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?thr...itu.61258/