Re:The Student Loan Bubble is Starting To Burst
by nitrogen on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @01:22AM
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The odd school here and there can get away without accreditation if their reputation allows it. For example, at least one of the founders of Pixar came from my former university, which has an unaccredited CS program (at least at the time I attended).
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Re:The Student Loan Bubble is Starting To Burst
by zach on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @12:18PM
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The focus in this discussion is on school accreditation. Program accreditation is a different beast of far more narrow interest. School accreditation is essential; program accreditation is a feature.
School accreditation is done by a regional accreditation organization and validates every diploma the school grants.
Program accreditation is only available for certain degrees to begin with, and is usually under the authority of a professional group in that area of study.
Practically every state university is an accredited institution, even if they offer (i.e.) accounting or engineering programs that are not accredited by a relevant organization.
Re:The Student Loan Bubble is Starting To Burst
by jccooper on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @11:08AM
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Dunno how old you are, but I think most CS programs up until about 2003 werent accredited because no such program existed. Any BS from before that is just backed by the reputation of the school--which is basically the case save for the bottom of the barrel for every subject. (Because if you have to ask...)