A few days ago
2012 will be a great year

I don’t want to be stuck attending a “DIPLOMA MILL”!!!! SOS!?

I am in the process of registering to go back to college. Undergrad program for B.S. in Business Administration or Business Finance. I am in the banking field and I want to attain a degree so that I can move up the ladder with no problem. I have 2 years of experience under my belt now and I would like to attend an on-line program as I have a baby at home. I’ve heard of DIPLOMA MILLS (where you don’t have to do any work) & they give you a FAKE diploma…. So, which ONLINE degree programs are LEGITE???????

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A few days ago
vikygarcia

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A legitimate college or university will be accredited by the same accreditors that identify regular schools. Most will also offer live in person classes too. Your best ones tend to be combo courses which has you do most of your classes online but the final semester must be in person or has an internship or some practical experience. Of course, the easiest way to tell you are dealing w/a diploma mill is if the “college” asks you for $$ and they just send you a degree with no work involved.

At the undergraduate level, though, you are better off starting at your local community college. They may not offer all the courses you need online but at least a bulk of them you can start off online for basics that will transfer to other colleges. Plus you will have a counselor (they can also help via phone) who can advise you which courses will transfer to universities in your state.

Once you get more experience with college, talk to the counselor who can tell you what other online classes from other colleges will transfer to your initial associates or into the bachelors program you ultimately want to get into.

Online courses can be tougher because they require quite a bit of discipline but more and more people are doing it and you can too.

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A few days ago
CanProf
This is by far the most reliable and comprehensive site for matters dealing with accreditation, including a good section about degree mills. http://www.chea.org/default.asp In general, what I would suggest is that you do not go for an on-line institution but for a regular university which has a strong distance-education component to its programs.

Good luck

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A few days ago
mann
Try the Distance Education & Training Council (DETC) for a list on online / distance learning degree instituitions. All are nationally accredited in the US.
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