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TUI University Embarks on Military Education Tour
Cypress, CA – TUI University, a leader in online education, will embark on a Military Education Tour visiting U.S. military bases across the country to highlight education initiatives that help military members and their families achieve their higher education goals. The tour supports the Universitys vision to provide educational opportunities to the military, veterans, civilian military …

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U.S. Marines Recapture German-Owned Ship Attacked by Pirates
Twenty-four U.S. marines recaptured a German-owned ship today after the vessel was boarded by pirates yesterday, the U.S. Navy said in a statement.

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GroupSpaces raises $1.3M from Index Ventures and launches in U.S. university market
GroupSpaces, the UK’s leading website for online management and administration of university clubs and societies, recently announced it has secured a $1.3 million investment round from Index Ventures and a leading angel investor consortium including Dave McClure, Chris Sacca, Simon Levene, Meagan Marks, Ariel Poler and Quincy Smith of CODE Advisors.

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U.S. Under Secretary of Education to Address WGU Commencement July 17
Western Governors University to award more than 1,275 degrees at 2010 summer commencement

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Illinois’s Quinn Doubles Furlough Days for 2,700 State Workers
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn doubled to 24 the number of unpaid furlough days for 2,700 managers and staff members this fiscal year as he cuts spending to close a budget deficit of about $10 billion.

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US Education Secretary Duncan: Congress has just a few weeks to find more dollars for schools
DES MOINES, Wash. – U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says Congress needs to act now to find more money for the nation’s schools. He says states like California can’t wait until fall to find out if they have to lay off thousands of teachers.

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Iraq War Soldier Prevails in Three Tours of Duty, Battling Cancer and Pursuing Excelsior College Degree During …
Dan and Marcie Tulip to receive awards at traditional Commencement for nontraditional grads; Georgia Congressman John Lewis and U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, receive honorary degrees

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European Business Schools Set Sights on U.S.
Over the past decade or so, European business schools have been aggressive about reaching out to the American market, doing everything from forming alliances with U.S. schools to launching student- and faculty-exchange programs. Now a handful of elite European schools are taking this a step further, trying to create a more substantial presence in the U.S. by opening up traditional brick-and …

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Tesla Says CEO’s Divorce Won’t Endanger U.S. Battery-Car Loans
Tesla Motors Inc., the California maker of battery-powered cars, said divorce proceedings involving main investor and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk won’t threaten its financing to make electric vehicles.

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In U.S, online universities are accredited by any of either national or regional accrediting agencies recognized by the Department of Education. Previously accreditation is the quality assurance of degree programs offered by those accredited online universities. But, today, all online universities, including diploma mills do claim accredited. The only different is “Good” & “Bad” accreditation, but the problem it really confusing and many students accidentally fall into a diploma mills trap due to their accreditation look good to them. So, how to differentiate the good from bad accreditation of these online universities?

It is important for you to know how and where to access the resources needed to make an informed decision about legitimate online degree program before you enroll into the program. When you plan to pursue your degree online, internet is the best place for you to search for your preference degree program offered by various online universities. Here is where diploma mills with a “fake” or “bad” accreditation set up their traps waiting you to fall into and hand over your money to exchange with their fake degree.

As a student and consumer, you must be careful and be smart enough to detect any potential signs of scam. Any online degree program offered by unfamiliar online university and if you are unable to confirm it is from legitimate accreditation, it better to eliminate from your list than taking the risk to enroll into the program. Online universities should provide their contact and address on their website, if not, you should straightly erase them from your list.

In searching for your preference program, you can request detail information from the university. In fact, information request is free of charge; you should utilize this service to get as much information as possible which can help you make your ultimate decision. Before you go and sign up the program, the most important thing that you cannot miss is check the online university that offers your prefer degree program with the accreditation database which is recognized by Department of Education. Go to ope.ed.gov/accreditation/search.php and type in the name of online university or go to CHEA.org and explorer it’s “database and directories” to confirm whether the online university that offer your preference online degree program is listed in the database. If you can’t the online university listed in these databases, don’t take the risk to enroll into the program unless you can confirm its accreditation is from a recognized accrediting agency from other reliable resources.

There too many “fake” accreditation agencies that accrediting diploma mills to make them look like legitimate. Those accrediting agencies are naming their agency sound alike with those legitimate accrediting agency and having website address that is similar but different domain extension. If you did not see it carefully, you will easily think that the online universities are accredited by legitimate accreditation agencies, but in actual they are diploma mills. Hence, you must watch out the details when you do the checking.

People will make complaints if they found they have been cheated. So, a good resource to check for the filed complaints of any online universities is at Better Business Bureau (BBB.org). Other than that, try to look at what other people talk about the online degree program offered by your selected online university, you should get some useful information that can help in your decision making.

In Summary

You want your degree to worth its value. Hence, it is important that you enroll into a degree program offered by online university that is accredited by one of accrediting agencies that are recognized by Department of Education. Always get confirmation on accreditation information of the online university from reliable resources before you sign up the online degree program.