Union Institute and University

[boalex207]

I see a great many people, particularly in law enforcement, with degrees from Union Institute and University. And these people are geographically spread out all over the country. Is anyone familiar with them beyond their website? I'm curious with such a geographic diversity, they must be entertaining some level of testing out or portfolio credits, or something?

Edit.......I now see that they have campuses in 4 states. That takes some of the steam out of my original question, but I'd still like to hear from anyone who has personal experience with them.

[JTP]

Granted I'm not as familiar as some of the members here on accreditation I don't like their seemingly vague response on their site (link). They take the time to define the types of accreditation as Regional, National, and specialized...then proceed to say they are accredited by "Higher Learning Commission" but don't bother to identify which type of accreditation that falls under.

I haven't had a cup of coffee yet this morning so I haven't felt motivated to take time to research deeper into the Higher Learning Commission past a simple Google search.

I would want to know what sort of accreditation a school had before deciding to obtain a degree from them. But that's just my personal opinion and 2 cents.

[sanantone]

The Higher Learning Commission is regional accreditation. It's the North Central Association. Union Institute and University is way overpriced. A lot of people went to them for doctoral degrees in the past because they would let you invent an official major, but they aren't allowed to do this anymore. I believe one person invented a major in police psychology. This is different from TESC and COSC that let you create an area of study, but your official major or concentration is either interdisciplinary studies or learner designed area of study. It's not misleading when you do it in this way.