ACLAS: Is this even legal?

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Update: Validential de-certified it. They have determined that the school is unaccredited.

I wonder if someone from this forum reached out to them or something. Crazy, I've never heard of an evaluation agency following up with a de-certification.

Something to do with posts on this forum? It's hard for me to imagine a competent evaluator making such a "mistake" though. Who do they hire as their evaluators? Random individuals from the street? Do they receive any form of training? When it comes to U.S. accredited institutions, you essentially look up two databases; U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs and the CHEA directory. ACLAS isn't there. That's all that was required for a Canadian evaluation of U.S. credentials. You can train someone to spot accredited American institutions in a matter of minutes. Of course, there are more complex issues in a degree evaluation. But how can you get the basics wrong?