One of my most painful discussions was with a very nice couple who had invested thousands in the husbands education. He was trying to re-enroll in school to finish his counseling certification and was being told he hadn't completed his college degree - because the school he went to wasn't accredited. They were bewildered. But they paid money, and he did work, and he had a degree, and when you looked at the college website there was all these fancy things listed....
But none were accreditation agency, and the college was just gussied up diploma mill, and in the end his degree counted for nothing.
They received an awful education that day in scams, and I felt terrible by the time the day was done.
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Date: 2014-08-27 04:05 pm (UTC)But none were accreditation agency, and the college was just gussied up diploma mill, and in the end his degree counted for nothing.
They received an awful education that day in scams, and I felt terrible by the time the day was done.