http://blog.markwshead.com/67/police-chief-got-degree-from-diploma-mill/ Mark's thoughts on being Mark Shead and other random subjects Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:09:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.markwshead.com/67/police-chief-got-degree-from-diploma-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Robert C Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:20:13 +0000 http://blog.markwshead.com/archives/2005/04/27/police-chief-got-degree-from-diploma-mill.html#comment-6 Lacrosse University is a legitimate school according to the USDOE. Nowhere does the USDOE require or mandate that a school be accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the USDOE. And, the ADLP, the WAUC, and so on are legitimate accrediting agencies as there is no federal law mandating that accrediting agencies be recognized by the USDOE. These are the facts, like it or not. Until the laws change mandating USDOE recognized accrediting, we should not throw stones at those schools but at the USDOE and the federal government. Facts are facts. So, if the school is providing course work and montioring students' performance, then the school is a "teaching" school and not a diploma mill - pay the fee and get the piece of paper. I have written the FTC and the USDOE about the WAUC and the ADLP, asking if these two agencies are frauds as the FTC has jurisdiction over the internet. According to the information, the agencies are operating under the requirements of law. These agencies may have questionable practices, but as long as the feds let them operate, then they are legit. Lacrosse University is a legitimate school according to the USDOE. Nowhere does the USDOE require or mandate that a school be accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the USDOE. And, the ADLP, the WAUC, and so on are legitimate accrediting agencies as there is no federal law mandating that accrediting agencies be recognized by the USDOE. These are the facts, like it or not. Until the laws change mandating USDOE recognized accrediting, we should not throw stones at those schools but at the USDOE and the federal government. Facts are facts. So, if the school is providing course work and montioring students’ performance, then the school is a “teaching” school and not a diploma mill – pay the fee and get the piece of paper. I have written the FTC and the USDOE about the WAUC and the ADLP, asking if these two agencies are frauds as the FTC has jurisdiction over the internet. According to the information, the agencies are operating under the requirements of law. These agencies may have questionable practices, but as long as the feds let them operate, then they are legit.

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