On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Galen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Point is... there's a lot to the accreditation thing. > > > >
Also, as a quick weigh in on accreditation, one must always be careful not to think that accreditation offers any guarantee that you will get a quality education. An accredited school avoids the risk that the school is nothing more than a diploma mill, but there are plenty of accredited schools that have bad instructors and even entire programs that are outdated and ineffective. I worked for awhile as the director of technology for the online campus of a school that had both regional accreditation and the accreditation of the appropriate national accreditation body. I could not see that the processes and standards for accreditation added any value. In fact, they seemed geared toward hampering innovation. My own gut feel (backed by some evidence) is that within the next 10-20 years we will see an implosion among many of the expensive accredited schools that don't offer real value in terms of outcome or at least a prestigious name on the diploma (Podunk University is toast). Alternative forms of training that offer better bang for the buck will step in to fill the void. Of course, that doesn't help Chris today. And I could be wrong. It's happened at least a couple of times before. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
