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Consumers must remain vigilant as they pursue their education. This site is not meant to deter you from getting a degree. Make sure that you take advantage of the resources available to you and learn as much as you can about the institutions you are interested in attending.
Here are more helpful resources on accreditation and diploma mills:
Accreditation and Licensing
U.S. Department of Education - A list of all postsecondary institutions that are accredited by agencies recognized by the Secretary of Education.
http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation
U.S. Department of Education - Overview of accreditation in the United States and List of Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies.
www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
Council for Higher Education Accreditation - CHEA Fact Sheet #2: The Role of Accreditation and Assuring Quality in Electronically Delivered Distance Learning (PDF).
www.chea.org/pdf/fact_sheet_2_dist_learn_02.pdf
National Association of State Administrators and Supervisors of Private Schools - Provides contact information for state licensing agencies as well as links to many of them.
www.nasasps.com
Degree.net - Simple questions to ask about accreditation about earning unaccredited degrees.
www.degree.net/guides/accreditation_faqs.html
Unaccredited Institutions
Oregon Student Assistance Commission - Overview of diploma mills and a list of unaccredited colleges and some diploma mills.
www.osac.state.or.us/oda/diploma_mill.html
Michigan's list of unaccredited colleges and universities (PDF).
www.michigan.gov/documents/Non-accreditedSchools_78090_7.pdf
Diploma Mills
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Overview of how a well-known cluster of diploma mills operates (PDF).
www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/diploma_mills.pdf
Council for Higher Education Accreditation - Important questions about accreditation, degree mills and diploma mills.
www.chea.org/degreemills/default.htm
Degree.net - Online guides about diploma mills, five-step procedure for investigating schools, and accreditation.
www.degree.net/guides.html
Federal Trade Commission Facts For Business - "Avoid Fake-Degree Burns By Researching Academic Credentials."
www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/resources/bus65.shtm
Federal Trade Commission Consumer Alert - "Diploma Mills: Degrees of Deception."
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt149.shtm
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