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Accreditation mill

An accreditation mill is an organization that purports to award educational accreditation to higher education institutions without requiring government authority or recognition from mainstream academia to operate as an accreditor. Implicit in the terminology is the assumption that the "mill" has low standards (or no standards) for such accreditation.…

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Accreditation mill

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Accreditation mill

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related to Proposed U.S. legal definition · 12
Accreditation mill → Congressmen Timothy Bishop, Council, Delaware, Education, Higher Education Accreditation, House, January, Michael Castle, New York, Representatives, Secretary, The
related to Consumer information resources · 4
Accreditation mill → CHEA, The, The United States, To
related to Characteristics · 3
Accreditation mill → According, Allows, CHEA
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Accreditation mill → organization that purports to award educational accreditation to higher education institutions without requiring government authority or recognition from mainstream academia to…

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accreditation education higher institutions mills mill organization recognition standards educational diploma academic independent recognized chea without united states legal authority

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Accreditation millis aorganization that purports to award educational accreditation to higher education institutions without requiring government authority or recognition from mainstream academia to…0.90text
CHEA without appearing on lists of accreditors recognized by that authorityHas a name that is very similar to the name of a recognized accrediting organizationPublishes a list of institutions or programs that it has accredited without the knowledge of the listed institutionsinstance ofwith no requirement for later periodic reviewClaims recognition from an authority0.80text
programsPublishes few or no standards for qualityPublishes claims for which there is no evidence.Verifile's Accredibase notes that some accreditation mills do not reveal their locationsinstance ofwith no requirement for later periodic reviewClaims recognition from an authority0.80text
which makes it difficult to determine whether they are legitimateinstance ofwith no requirement for later periodic reviewClaims recognition from an authority0.80text
Accreditation millrelated to CharacteristicsCHEA0.60section
Accreditation millrelated to CharacteristicsAccording0.60section
Accreditation millrelated to CharacteristicsAllows0.60section
Accreditation millrelated to Consumer information resourcesTo0.60section
Accreditation millrelated to Consumer information resourcesThe United States0.60section
Accreditation millrelated to Consumer information resourcesCHEA0.60section
Accreditation millrelated to Consumer information resourcesThe0.60section
Accreditation millrelated to Proposed U.S. legal definitionHouse0.60section

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