College Accreditation and What does it mean to You
Guest Post by Dr. Ward Deutschman from Dowling College.
Read Part 1 – What is difference between college and university.
For the rest of this post I will use the word “college” to mean either college or universities, since they are so similar.
College Accreditation
Another question I hear is, “What is accreditation and what does it mean to me?”
Accreditation means that the college has been looked at closely by people from other colleges. A team from an Accrediting Association comes to the school and looks closely at the library, laboratories, administration, teaching, and the records of the school They ask, “what are your major goals as a college or university?” and then look closely to see if the school is accomplishing those goals.
Some accrediting associations then entire college, and some “specialized” organizations look only at specific programs.
For example some look at engineering programs, and some at business, education, and other programs. But the question for you is, “what does all this mean to me as a student?”
The answer is that it means that there is serious quality control over the schools and their programs. This is so important that the U. S. government requires that only students going to accredited colleges can get government help with their finances.
Unfortunately this does not help international students, but it tells you about how important accreditation is seen by the government. But even more important to you — if you go to an accredited college in the U. S., take some courses, and then decide that you would rather go to another college, most of the credits which you earned by successfully taking those expensive college courses, can be transferred to the new school right with you.
BUT if you go to an UNACCREDITED school, you can usually forget about transferring courses or credits. They are useless to you if you decide to move on to an accredited school. So it is worth asking the question, and even better, going to following sites
- US Government accreditation and checking out the college for yourself!
- How to Find College Accreditation (another way)
If you heard about the problems with Tri-Valley University, five minutes checking their accreditation would have saved a large number a people a lot of time, money, and pain.
Dowling College — medium sized college near New York City. Website is www.Dowling.edu, and for International students check out www.dowling.edu/International. Our classes are small — often less than 20 students, and taught by Professors who care about students. We have many undergraduate programs, and strong Graduate MBA and Masters in Education programs as well as a new undergraduate program in Mathematics (with applications for Bioengineering, Aerospace, and Business), and a new Masters program in Environmental Microbiology. And if you are interested in our college, send a note to [email protected] and let us send you some information.
Questions – If you have any questions about admission, please free to post below. Dr.Deutschman will answer them.
Is the Colorado tech university in a city Aurora and state colorado is accredited?
I am planning to do a second masters over there.
I got I20 in Illinois Spring field and Oklahoma Christian Universities am travelling on 5Jan2016 are these universities black listed, Is it accrediated university? can you guide me
those are good universities. But you should answer the questions which you will be asked in immigration. Not only students, all people who are entering USA have been asked lot of questions regarding the purpose they got the visa. Tow guys who are on H1B status are also deported by CBP people.
There is no such list for blacklisted universities. SVU and NPU are not that much reputed universities. not black listed universities
Hello Sir it’s me Rahul chaudhary from India.I have completed my graduation in computer science.And i heard that Maharishi university of management
1000 North Fourth St. Fairfield, Iowa 52557 provides MS in computer science with paid internsip.Now i want to know that is it right that they are providing such type of course..
Is it accrediated university?
Is it also in blacklist name or not.
please answer me as soon as possible.
Thanks
Please,I have appointment nxt week with the consulate in nigeria and my uncle is sponsoring me for an undergraduate studies,wat if am asked why aren't my parents sponsoring me.also I was refused a visitors visa thrice 2yrs ago,wat questions can I expect? Also can u send me some f1 visa interview experiences from nigerian students
Unfortunately we do not have that program — the closest program we offer is an MBA with a major in Health Care Administration.
Best wishes for your success in the program you seek.
d.
Dear Dr. Sir,
Do you have PhD in Pharmaceutical sciences in your esteemed dowling!