| True: LR is accredited by both ABHE and TRACS, both of which are CHEA recognized accreditors. CHEA recognition, however, is about much more than qualifying both a school and student for financial aid (fed grants, etc.). It is primarily about academic oversight that ensures a minimum standard of academic rigor and quality of education.True: LR is accredited. However, the accreditation is national accreditation, not regional accreditation. Regional accreditation is the gold standard in accreditation and offers the degree holder with the highest level of utility for a given degree. For example, there are certain venues (eg, pursuing certain higher degrees, academic faculty positions, et al.) that require a regionally accredited degree. That doesn't mean nationally accredited degrees are bad, only that the utility is less than a regionally accredited. For those in ministerial positions, in most cases, a degree from LR would be fine.True: Charles Stanley earned his ThD from LR..........several decades before LR was accredited. His dissertation was a sermon series on the Book of Psalms.False: I wish this was true, but it isn't. The last 15 years or so, for the newer schools obtaining URLs, this is certainly the case for them---only legitimately accredited schools are able to get the .edu domain suffix in their URL. Unfortunately, some schools crept in unaware as Jude would say, and were able (for whatever reason) to obtain the .edu suffix without being legitimately accredited. Here are two cases in point:1. Jacksonville Theological Seminary www.jts.edu. JTS is accredited by one of the worst accreditation mills of all time, the infamous ACI www.accreditnow.com.2. Louisiana Baptist University www.lbu.edu |