DETC is now DEAC

[smf6824]

It looks as if they changed the DETC name to DEAC. Just thought that was interesting. Doesn't look like much else has changed.

[sanantone]

I'll have to get used to typing DEAC instead of DETC, but the new name is more in line with what they do.

[smf6824]

I'll have to get used to typing DEAC instead of DETC, but the new name is more in line with what they do.

True..... It will be different to reference it with the new name. Maybe one day it will be more marketable, not that it matters to me since I am going to TESC. I just wish there wasn't differences between national and regional accreditation; however, it is what it is and regional is obviously better. If I didn't care about graduate school and maybe one day teaching on the college level, I would have just finished my bachelors at New Charter University due to the price. Well that is my small rant and I look forward to people attempting to reference it with the new name.

[sanantone]

It is easier to obtain DEAC accreditation; but, unlike the other national accreditors, it covers degrees all the way up to the doctoral level in all fields. They do only accredit schools that primarily offer distance learning programs, but the scope of other national accreditors is even more limited. ACCSC and ACICS focus on vocational and technical training. The religious accreditors only accredit religious schools. Some programmatic accreditors act like national accreditors, but only for specialty schools that fall under their scope. For example, ABA acts as the institutional accreditor for standalone law schools.

I haven't had any personal experience with DEAC/DETC, but they seem decent enough. I have had experience working for a school that is accredited by ACCSC and have spoken to instructors who have taught at other schools accredited by ACCSC and ACICS. I do not have a high opinion of them.

[SteveFoerster]

I don't agree with this characterization of ACICS. DEAC is not the only national accreditor that can accredit schools with doctoral programs; I worked for a school accredited by ACICS that was being encouraged by ACICS to offer doctoral programs. This school had programs in business, IT, and TESOL (both non-credit for learners and an MA for teachers), which I'm not sure I would call "vocational and technical training" (which makes me think of programs to learn a trade like electrician or HVAC technician).

[sanantone]

I don't agree with this characterization of ACICS. DEAC is not the only national accreditor that can accredit schools with doctoral programs; I worked for a school accredited by ACICS that was being encouraged by ACICS to offer doctoral programs. This school had programs in business, IT, and TESOL (both non-credit for learners and an MA for teachers), which I'm not sure I would call "vocational and technical training" (which makes me think of programs to learn a trade like electrician or HVAC technician).

I can't remember if it was ACICS or ACCSC, but I think I've seen schools with one of those accreditations offering doctoral programs. Still, I haven't seen any that are in the liberal arts (natural science, social science, humanities, and mathematics). ACICS says it accredits schools with professional and occupational programs, too. Business and education would fall under those categories.