Issue of accreditation and eCollege.com

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Subject: Issue of accreditation and eCollege.com
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi (tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de)
Date: Sat 06 May 2000 - 02:02:04 MEST 

Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 02:02:04 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: Issue of accreditation and eCollege.com

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Greetings IFETSers,

> In a message dated 5/5/00, John Spiers writes:
> <<If unaccredited, then I am all for it. Accreditation is the Berlin Wall
> of education, and when that goes down, then the renaissance enters
> academia, too.>>

> Jonathon Richter, ABD in Educational Leadership writes below--
> John, et al. of this camp--
> While it's true that standards could have a negative impact upon an
> acedemic institution- it really depends on how the standards are framed.
> Have you looked at the NCATE standards for accreditation? They are not
> exactly throwbacks to the agrarian or the industrial ages of academic
> myopia. Accreditation and continual improvement upon the lofty goals set
> forth by such agencies as NCATE or OPI can be a reinvigorating process for
> organizations. Here at Montana State University - Northern, we are currently
> engaged in cross-disciplinary revisions in order to gain NCATE accreditation
> next year.

Hi, I thought..this might interest you..received via The University of
Montana..as MASTER'S DEGREE GOES ONLINE TO SINGAPORE -- Working with
eCollege.com, UM plans to offer a master's degree in educational leadership
online this fall to students in Singapore. Cyberland, a company in
Singapore, will act as UM's agent there. The first class will consist
of up to 20 students, probably a mix of Singapore students and Montanans
who for various reasons can't take courses on the UM campus. Seen by UM
administrators as a test drive of distance learning <http://www.umt.edu>
the program is designed to help students in Singapore who want a degree
from an American college.

Privileged to be here..
Best Regards
Arun Tripathi

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