For-profit colleges

[curious_guy]

If I was king of the world, I would require all for-profit colleges to state in all their advertisements, brochures and pamphlets the following things:

1. The percentage of their classes that have transferable credits.

2. The percentage of their students that graduate.

3. The percentage of their students that get a job in the field that they trained in within one year.

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If I was king of the world, I would require all for-profit colleges to state in all their advertisements, brochures and pamphlets the following things:

1. The percentage of their classes that have transferable credits.

2. The percentage of their students that graduate.

3. The percentage of their students that get a job in the field that they trained in within one year.

Hell, there are a LOT of colleges that are diploma mills. Especially the on-line colleges...

FYI...Top 10 signs your Diploma Mill is NOT accredited...

SOURCE...

• •Your chosen university is not accredited.
  
  Degree mills love to use official sounding terms to impress potential students. These terms often sound good, yet mean little in terms of educational quality. Be wary of these terms and phrases: “authenticated,” “verifiable,” “licensed,” “internationally approved,”” “notarized,” “recognized by the Pope” and “accredited by UNESCO.”
  
  
• •Your chosen university is accredited … but NOT by an agency recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the U.S. Department of Education.
  
  The majority of Internet degree mills are "accredited." The problem is that they are accredited by bogus agencies that they themselves have created.
  
  These bogus accrediting agencies—also known as accreditation mills—often have prestigious sounding names. They often claim to be “worldwide” or “international” agencies and therefore superior to any single agency operating in the United States. Contact CHEA for a list of the names of valid college accreditors in the USA.
  
  
• • Admission criteria consist entirely of possession of a valid Visa or MasterCard.
  
  Previous academic record, grade point average and test scores are deemed irrelevant. Telemarketers and spam emails promise "you cannot be turned down” for a degree.
  
  
• • You are offered a college degree based on a "review" of your faxed resume.
  
  
  Most degree mills offer what are known as experience degrees. Credit for career experience is a valid option at many universities that deal with adult learners. But the process of evaluating work experience for college credit is complex. No valid distance learning university in the U.S. will award a graduate degree (masters or doctorate) based solely on a review of work, life or career experience.
  
  
• • You are promised a diploma -- instant degree -- within 30 days of application regardless of your status upon entry.
  
  
  Degree mills are in the business of selling paper or fake diplomas and transcripts. Ergo, they’ll get that piece of paper to you as quickly as possible.
  
  
• • You are promised a degree in exchange for a lump sum—typically $399-$2,000 for an undergraduate degree and up to $3,000 for a graduate degree.
  
  
  Universities do not commonly charge flat fees. They typically charge per credit or per course tuition and fees.
  
  
• • Your prospective university has multiple complaints on file.
  
  
  For trustworthy factual accreditation reports, visit Get Educated’s Diploma Mill Police.
  
  
• • Your online "admission counselor" assures you that international online universities can’t be accredited in the United States by CHEA-recognized agencies.
  
  
  This is a lie!
  
  
  
• • The school’s website either lists no faculty or lists faculty who have attended schools accredited by bogus agencies.
  
  
• • The university offers online degrees almost exclusively to U.S. citizens but is conveniently located in a foreign country, quite often a tiny nation that lacks any system of academic accreditation.
  
  

Alternatively, there has been a rise in the number of scams where the “university” claims to be located in the U.S., yet specializes in “evaluating” and “awarding” degrees based on an “international assessment process” specially designed to help immigrants wishing to enter the U.S.

Once you have researched an online college for degree mills and evaluated its accreditation report with help the Get Educated Diploma Mill Police database, you can make a more informed decision.

See The...
United States Department of Education...

You know, the Agency that won't preach the gospel of Jesus Christ as SCIENCE that the Money-Grubbing Republicans and Libertarians claim is worthless that they want to do away with so that you might be ignorant enough for them to manipulate and then they can relieve you of your money... or what little money you'll earn with no education.


...as preached by Romney-like rich bastards on FOX NEWS...