World Online Education Accrediting Commission Explained
The World Online Education Accrediting Commission (WOEAC) is an entity with no identified geographic location[1] 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)[2] or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).[3]
WOEAC's website lists Ashwood University[4] as an institution accredited by WOEAC. Ashwood has been identified as a diploma mill.[5]
Council for Higher Education Accreditation has warned that “Accreditation” from an accreditation mill can mislead students and the public about the quality of an institution. In the presence of diploma mills and accreditation mills, students may spend a good deal of money and receive neither an education nor a credential.[6]
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- The WOEAC website lists an e-mail address and toll-free telephone numbers, but no mailing address or geographic location.
- Web site: U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs. USDE. 2007. 2007-12-17.
- News: Dubious degrees while you wait: Many life-experience diplomas from the Web devalue real college work, educators say.. reprint. Kansas City Star. 2007-01-29. 2007-12-17. Steve. Rock. Originally available from the Kansas City Star, 2007-01-29, Page A1
- http://www.woeac.org/inner/ashwood_university.htm Ashwood University Accreditation
- Web site: Spotting Online Degree Mills and Diploma Mills. 2007-05-24.
- Web site: Important Questions about "Diploma Mills" and "Accreditation Mills". May 2003. Council for Higher Education Accreditation. 2007-12-17. 2010-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20100331224450/http://chea.org/pdf/fact_sheet_6_diploma_mills.pdf. dead.
