World Online Education Accrediting Commission
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The World Online Education Accrediting Commission (WOEAC) is an entity with no identified geographic location[1] that represents itself as an accrediting organization for online degree providers. It is not recognized as an higher education accreditor by either the United States Department of Education (USDE)[2] or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).[3]
WOEAC's website lists Ashwood University[4] as an institution accredited by WOEAC. Ashwood has been identified as a diploma mill.[5]
In the United States, there are no laws regulating or maintaining the status of independent accreditation agencies,[citation needed] and some dispute the validity of approved accreditation agencies;[6][7] however, the CHEA has warned that
“Accreditation” from an accreditation mill can mislead students and the public about the quality of an institution. In the presence of diploma mills and accreditation mills, students may spend a good deal of money and receive neither an education nor a useable credential.
[edit] See also
- Educational accreditation
- List of recognized accreditation associations of higher learning
- List of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning
- List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
- Distance education
[edit] References
- ^ The WOEAC website lists an e-mail address and toll-free telephone numbers, but no mailing address or geographic location.
- ^ U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (html). USDE (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
- ^ Dubious degrees while you wait: Many life-experience diplomas from the Web devalue real college work, educators say. (reprint). Kansas City Star (2007-01-29). Retrieved on 2007-12-17. Originally available from the Kansas City Star, 2007-01-29, Page A1
- ^ Ashwood University Accreditation, World Online Education Accrediting Commission (accessed 2008-02-10)
- ^ Spotting Online Degree Mills and Diploma Mills. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
- ^ Government Should Stay Out of Accreditation (html). The Chronicle of Higher Education (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
- ^ The Fraud Of American University Accreditation (html). CounterCurrents (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
- ^ Important Questions about "Diploma Mills" and "Accreditation Mills" (PDF). Council for Higher Education Accreditation (May 2003). Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
