| With educational trends leaning more towards going to | | | | you can reach that through applying various means to |
| college online, finding accredited college courses is a | | | | your course of study in order to achieve this. Even |
| very important for either the new or continuing college | | | | people who normally have obtained C's and D's in high |
| student. Accreditation refers to a college or university | | | | school, can be found to be highly competent in |
| that has been accredited, or basically has set forth | | | | competency-only online colleges. |
| high standards that have been met by the | | | | While it is certainly easy enough to find online colleges, |
| organizations who off accreditation. Accreditation can | | | | it isn't necessarily easy to find the RIGHT online |
| be on a regional, national, programmatic or national | | | | colleges. For example, some online colleges have only |
| faith-based accreditors. | | | | one or two full accreditations, while others will have |
| The importance of attending an online college that is | | | | more. The more a school has in accreditations, the |
| accredited is highly important, specifically if a particular | | | | more likely your degree will be acceptable where you |
| job you are after (for example, a teaching position) | | | | will be working, whether as a teacher or other |
| requires accreditation from the institutes that teach | | | | business professional. |
| you, in order to be able to justifiably certify you. With | | | | Some college courses that must be accredited include |
| may hundreds of organizations on the Internet that are | | | | not only the educational arena, but also IS (Information |
| not accredited schools, this weeds out those who are | | | | Science), Library and other Science degrees require |
| not conforming to higher educational standards. | | | | them, especially when one is applying for work within |
| It's fairly obvious why accreditation is important. If you | | | | these particular disciplines. It is very important, prior to |
| are considering teaching children, then you must be | | | | attending an online college, to know exactly what they |
| found to have been educated at least to the highest | | | | have to offer at the time you apply with regard to |
| possible standards possible, and with no more than a B | | | | accreditation as well as what they are working on. |
| average for competencies in various subject matter. | | | | Both of these answers should be easily answered by |
| Naturally, some people might become upset at | | | | the staff at these schools, since the bottom line is that |
| suggesting that B's or higher should be considered the | | | | they really do want students who are competent and |
| "norm", along with having taken classes by accredited | | | | can therefore handle competency-based work. It |
| institutions, however, what if that B is not based on | | | | should be noted that not all online colleges that are |
| grades, and only on competency? | | | | accredited go by a competency-based curriculum; |
| For example, there are colleges who strictly operate | | | | many are still quite traditional, utilizing a grading system. |
| on this principle: No grades, only competency that | | | | Any way you look at it, achieving a college degree is a |
| meets a standard of at least a "B" equivalency. Not | | | | dream that can be accomplished. Just be on the |
| bad, if you can take exams and other assessments till | | | | lookout for accreditation with your college of choice. |