pcs Wrote:Anyone every hear of the following;
Accreditation Panel for Online Colleges & Universities (APTEC).

I have looked on-line and have not come up with much. I have a few e-mails out to check the validity of it.

MaieJaie Wrote:From the APTEC.org website:

"Accreditation by The Online Panel for Online Colleges and Universities (APTEC) means that a post secondary institution's own goals are soundly conceived its educational programs have been intelligently devised its purposes are being accomplished and it is organized, staffed, and well-supported."

Get a degree from one of these schools, and you, too, can learn to write in run-on sentences!


Regional accreditation is still the gold standard for schools in the United States.

For some purposes, other forms of accreditation would suffice. For schools in the United States, regional accreditation is recommended. At the very least, though, the school should be accredited by an accreditation organization recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). A school that is not accredited by a CHEA accreditation organization is generally not going to be recognized elsewhere.

You can view the list of CHEA-recognized accreditation agencies here:

http://www.chea.org/pdf/2009_2010_Directory_of_CHEA_Recognized_Organizations.pdf

And no, APTEC is not included. Keep in mind that a lot of "accreditation mills" are popping up now, so that schools that are "degree mills" can claim to be accredited. These so-called accreditation agencies could very likely be owned and operated by some of the same people that run the degree mill schools. Just because a school claims to be accredited, doesn't mean that the degree is valid.

For schools outside the United States, accreditation is usually governed by the Ministry of Education of the respective country and/or province.

To demonstrate the importance of valid accreditation, let me give you an example. There is a Christian college in my town which is not accredited... not regionally accredited, not nationally accredited, not accredited by any CHEA-recognized faith-based accreditation agency. Nevertheless, this institution awards its own degrees. Graduates from this school have a difficult time finding employment outside the college's alumni network. This school awards education degrees all the way up to the doctoral level. However, the students who earn these degrees do not qualify for teacher certification since their degrees are not accredited.