DETC Accreditation -- Distance Education and Training Council -- Its' worth it!?

Question

DETC (Distance Education and Training Council) is a legit accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for

Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

The U.S. Department of Education writes, "[i]n order to be recognized by the Secretary, an accrediting agency must demonstrate to the Secretary's satisfaction that it meets the Criteria for Recognition, which are stated in Federal regulation. The Criteria do not differentiate between types of accrediting

agencies, so the recognition granted to all types of accrediting agencies-regional, institutional, specialized, and programmatic-is identical."

Hence the last two words: "IS IDENTICAL". What does this mean? It means that regional accreditation is not "officially" superior then national accreditation. Those who say differently are only expressing an opinion. When schools say national accreditation isn't as good as regional accreditation, it's only their opinion.

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Thank you so much for that information. I'm currently a student learning via distance education and I'm very pleased with everything I'm learning so far. I've actually taken a few legal courses in person at a College and the course material is virtually the same!

I was worried about whether or not the DETC degree was going to be worth it or not, however I quickly learned that employers only care about the degree, not what type of accreditation the school had.

Thanks flparalegal!