The state and federal governments in the USA spend billions of dollars every year to support universities in the USA. Surprisingly, there are no government standards for the…
Definitions Before one can understand the requirements for academic degrees, one first must understand some terms about academic credit for a class: semester A semester is an academic…
The accrediting organizations are all nonprofit corporations. Courts generally defer to any decision made by an accrediting organization, provided that: the organization followed its own rules. the act…
There are also accrediting organizations for academic degrees in some specific subject areas. For example: Chemistry The American Chemical Society, Committee on Professional Training (ACS) Computer Science The Accreditation…
By Ronald B. Standler 1. Introduction The purpose of this essay is to explain accreditation to students in the USA, as well as to foreigners who are baffled…
