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Warning about 123degrees.com

The website known as 123degreereviews.com is popping up out there with an apparent sole directive to present false and misleading information about Almeda University. This sites is suspected to be owned and operated by the same conglomerate of fake and unaccredited degrees (Ashwood, Belford, Corllins, Hill, McFord, Panworld, Rochville and others) that we have posted information on before in this very blog.

If you have read remarks on this site about Almeda University, I would caution you and tell you that the owners from Pakistan are in a smear campaign against the well established and reputable Almeda University.

 
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Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is method of awarding credits toward your associates, bachelors or mater’s degree by evaluating documented relevant prior learning.  Almeda University allows anyone to apply through PLA to be evaluated in awarding of credits.

Anyone who has well documented work experience or students with previous credits are viable candidates to received credits toward a degree.  Through the PLA method experiences and credits are assessed against an established set of standards in determining academic validity. These are then applied toward your degree.

Almeda University use their seasoned professionals expertise in the review of those who apply. Credits are awarded based on demonstrated and documented learning based on experiences not just from the experiences alone.

When applying for PLA credits, it is very important to clearly document all of your prior experiences work history, prior college credits, etc. The best way in representing this is by providing the following forms of documentation along with you resume:

Licenses, certificates, training courses, workshops, seminars, transcripts from prior schools, etc.

Please Note:

Almeda University may not accept credits or degrees from the following institutions:

Ashwood University, Belford University, Colton University, Corrlins University, Glendale University, Hill University, Kennedy-Western University, Lakehurst University, Redding University, Rochville University, Suffield University and Warren National University.

 
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Almeda Uinversity

Almeda University is a highly reputable and highly regarded on-line university offering various degrees online. The institution will offer a one-to-one equivalency for prior education and require one and a half years of work for each four year degree in evaluations for a life experience degree. Successful applicants will  need six-years of work experience to get a four-year LE degree. In addition, on-line courses are offered to assist in making up for deficiencies for the requirements of the degree. This university does not offer doctorate degrees by work experience alone. Almeda University is one of the few on-line universities that requires a dissertation to receive a doctorate degree. This is quite different than almost any other online Life Experience Degree program out there. This may be one reason this school is so highly regarded by employers and the Alumni.

 
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Many online colleges also have a brick and mortar campus in one or many locations for students to attend classes.  Baker College has been reportedly established since 1911 and has multiple physical campuses throughout Michigan. A primary focus for this institution is in areas of business and management. They say they are accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Higher Learning Commission.

Baker College also has an online website offering certificates, associate, bachelor, master’s, and doctoral programs in areas of study such as business, health, human service, and computer sciences.

One online rating service has a 53% overall approval rating for this institution. If you have direct experiences with Baker College and would like to share you views, please add your commments for others to review.

 
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Madison University should not be confused with the University of Wisconsin–Madison or  James Madison University. Theses are all very different institutions and all should be considered individually.

Madison University is a non-accredited online, distance learning college physically located in Gulfport, Mississippi. This university is “unapproved” by the state of Mississippi and is listed as an unaccredited and a substandard institution by other states as well. In fact, this university is considered a diploma mill by the state of  Oregon and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison University
James Madison University

 
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Panworld University is yet another one of the schools that is part of a conglomerate of more than 15 universities and over 30 websites.

As with the other universities in this conglomeration, Panworld University offers life experience degrees with absolutely no qualifications required. They are based in the United Arab Emirates and operated by a group of semi-English-speaking agents from Pakistan.

Although Panworld has only been around a few years, the conglomeration itself has been around approximately 12 years starting with Belford University and Rochville University.

While their websites might be sleek, their follow up and customer service is dismal. They have been excessive complaints from people after receiving their degrees from any of the universities in this group that there is no follow up. If you look at the Better Business Bureau report from their original University “Belford University”, you will see over 170 unresolved complaints.

Rather than following up with concerns and issues, this group of universities will stamp out another school and ignore the previous one that has gotten bad publicity. Keep in mind that they are simply creating a new website with a new school name — all the principles and operators are exactly the same.

Some of the other universities and websites in this conglomeration of schools include the following:

Ashwood University
Corllins University
Belford University
Rochville University
Hill University
Panworld University
Western Advanced Central University

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WorryFreeDegree.com
LifeExperienceDegreesPro.com
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Life-experience-degrees-online.com

McFord University and many others do not provide the same level of follow up service as many of the other schools that provide life experience degrees. If you’ve received or have been thinking about receiving your degree from any one of universities mentioned above, be sure that you are not going to need follow-ups such as degree verifications or future copies of transcripts.

 
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A recent post on almedauniversityonline.wordpress.com appears to be published by almeda. This blog entry reports that Almeda University is not a diploma mill and requires students to prove eligibility with all supporting documentation. Further, it does say that Almeda does offer Life Experience Degrees as part of their academic   programs. Interested parties should inquire at their website.

 
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Glendale University – no comments on Glendale University – Be the first to make comments.

Don’t waste you time or money on this place. They are, as some are very vocal, “a rip-off diploma-mill“.  With all the good choice for an online school out there, Glendale University is definitively not one of them. This school does not have a real accreditation and has numerous complaints.

The Glendale website says they have been established since 1997 and offer “Busy” professionals convenient and flexible method of earning your degree.  This place is labeled as a known diploma mill.

 
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Western Advanced Central University (WACU)

WACU claims they make the process of getting an online education fast and easy. This claim, in part, is based on the fact that they are an online university whereby students can login from anywhere to perform any required work.

They state that they are here to make a students on-line experience simple and free fro troubles. By having online counselors, administrators and all support groups available 24 hours a day, this enables them to assit their on-line students in any questions they might have.

The university appears to be a legit and popular destination for on-line education. At this time, we do not have any further information about this university.

 
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Ashwood University is an infamous non-accredited university. The web site makes claims of accreditation by agencies called the Board of online universities and accreditation (BOUA) and the world online education accreditation commission (WOEAC). Neither of these is regionally, privately or nationally recognized.  This institution is not credible.

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