Distance Education and Training Council

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The Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) is a non-profit educational accreditation agency in the United States specializing in the accreditation of distance education institutions. It was established in 1926 and is recognized by Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the United States Department of Education as an accreditor of institutions of higher education.

DETC is a national accreditor and should not be confused with regional accreditation. Many regionally accredited schools accept and recognize the accreditations of the DETC, but others may not.[1][2][3][4][5]

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Higher Education Transfer Alliance (HETA) online directory[6] was designed by DETC to help students and the public find educational institutions with transfer practices consistent with criteria articulated by CHEA in its Statement to the Community: Transfer and Public Interest.[7]. According to CHEA, institutions that are members of HETA have agreed that their "transfer decisions are not made solely on the basis of the accredited status of a sending institution and that the institution has agreed at least to consider transfer requests from other institutions."[6] The HETA directory provides links to member institutions so that students and others can review a specific institution's transfer policies and practice.

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  1. ^ About.com Distance Learning What You Need to Know About DETC Accreditation, Jamie Littlefield
  2. ^ Demanding Credit, Inside Higher Education website, dated Oct. 19, 2005 by Scott Jaschik
  3. ^ Tussling Over Transfer of Credit, Inside Higher Education website, February 26, 2007 by Doug Lederman
  4. ^ What is the Difference Between Regional and National Accreditation, Yahoo! Education website
  5. ^ Types of Accreditation, Education USA website
  6. ^ a b HETA directory, CHEA website
  7. ^ Statement to the Community: Transfer and Public Interest, CHEA, November 2000

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