How to Avoid Educational Scams?
The internet has in recent years become one of the biggest resources for educational scams, posing as diploma mills to reach out to people looking for genuine innovations in education. Apart from general awareness about educational scams among people, there are a few things people should look for to save them from falling for such scams.
• An online institution should provide a mailing address: This allows you to check with the higher education consumer protection authority to see whether it is operating legally under state law. Accreditation from a recognized accrediting agency is another sign that an online program is legitimate.
• Online education programs may be subject to state consumer protection: Although this is quite true, the ability of states to protect you through regulation is more limited than with classroom instruction. It is an easy job for operators to set up a website and collect money without any external oversight. Thus, it is necessary to have enough information on diploma mills and legitimate online learning.
• Most of the questions you should ask any school also apply to online education: In case the school has both on campus and online students, you should try to gather information especially from the online students since, they might have a different say than regular students. You may necessarily check the school’s website for answers to all your questions.
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04-03-2008, 05:04 AM
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