National vs Regional Accreditation, Selecting the Right College or University- Video

[sanantone]

Sanantone, I agree with you completely, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement will not recognize an NA degree. Almost all of the police departments in Texas who require a bachelors degree will not accept an NA degree. I say almost, only because I have not seen every departments standards, but I have yet to find a department willing to accept an NA degree as meeting the degree requirement.

I have seen first hand the issue and heart breaking problems that people I have worked with or their family members have faced when trying to go to a regionally accredited school after completing a NA degree or earning significant NA credit. I know that the politically correct way of approaching this is to simply say that NA is the equal of RA and that eventually it will all be accepted fully. But until that happens, it really isn't the same.

Yep. I believe I've seen a couple of police departments that require 60 credit hours or an associates degree specifically mention that the credits/degree has to come from an RA school. Even though the Bexar County Sheriff's Office and San Antonio Police Department don't require a degree, they will only give educational incentive pay for RA degrees.