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Friday, January 23, 2004
Scholars and scoundrels: Distance learning schools are as popular as ever. But who decides which are legit? - Larry Wills, Las Vegas Mercury
The explosion in the distance learning industry has created near chaos in how to tell good schools from the bad. Students are stuck with diplomas that no traditional institution will recognize, even though many distance learning schools qualify for student loans. While some schools are shams, others exceed the standards of many campus-based schools. Blame it on a lack of uniform standards and a clubbiness among old-line faculties. "It's getting to be very vicious competition," says Mike Lambert, head of the Distance Education and Training Council. The Washington, D.C., group has been operating for more than 40 years and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. It conducts an onerous 18-month process to accredit distance learning schools. But Lambert concedes that even when a school qualifies for accreditation, it can be stonewalled for regional recognition by commissions dominated by traditional universities.
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