World Online Education Accrediting Commission
Encyclopedia
The World Online Education Accrediting Commission (WOEAC) is an entity with no identified geographic location that represents itself as an accrediting organization for online degree providers. It is not recognized as a higher education accreditor by either the United States Department of Education
(USDE) or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
(CHEA).
WOEAC's website lists Ashwood University
as an institution accredited by WOEAC. Ashwood has been identified as a diploma mill
.
In the United States
, there are no laws regulating or maintaining the status of independent accreditation agencies, and some dispute the validity of approved accreditation agencies; however, CHEA has warned that
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
(USDE) or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation is a United States organization of degree-granting colleges and universities. It identifies its purpose as providing national advocacy for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation in order to certify the quality of higher education...
(CHEA).
WOEAC's website lists Ashwood University
Ashwood University
Ashwood University is an institution which claims to award academic degrees based on "life experience". Ashwood University is not accredited by any recognised accreditation body. As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be...
as an institution accredited by WOEAC. Ashwood has been identified as a diploma mill
Diploma mill
A diploma mill is an organization that awards academic degrees and diplomas with substandard or no academic study and without recognition by official educational accrediting bodies. The purchaser can then claim to hold an academic degree, and the organization is motivated by making a profit...
.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, there are no laws regulating or maintaining the status of independent accreditation agencies, and some dispute the validity of approved accreditation agencies; however, CHEA has warned that
See also
- Educational accreditationEducational accreditationEducational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met...
- List of recognized accreditation associations of higher learning
- List of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning
- List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
- Distance educationDistance educationDistance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...