Re: The Official Word from DETC Regarding ALU

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I was a student at ALU in 2003-04. They had applied to DETC by that
date but for reasons they never explained they withdrew their
application.

Thomas

On 1/24/09, Jack wrote:
> Concord was accredited before it had anyone take the bar exam. They
> had a 60&37; pass rate the first time any graduates took the exam.
The
> ALU first time pass rate is less than half that.
>
> I wonder why ALU has waited so long to apply to DETC? Concord and
> Taft have been accredited for over five years.
>
> Jack
>
> On 1/22/09, DETC will make decisions by JUNE 2009 wrote:
>> In terms of bar pass rates ALU is about where
>> Concord was then it got DETC accredited.
>>
>> My prediction is ALU becomes accredited
>> and Calif Southern Univeristy, also, not
>> because they have a good law program but
>> their other degree programs are solid and thus
>> overall the school will accreditation. Also their parent
>> company owns a regional accredited univerisity
>> in Arizona, NorthCentral University and so this other school has
>> helped Cal Southern prepare for accreditation.
>>
>> On 1/22/09, Henry wrote:
>>> In looking at the DETC website, it looks like very few
>>> applicants become accredited. A rough calculation looks like
>>> less than a third.
>>>
>>> Henry
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/22/09, David wrote:
>>>> If you take the time to read the previous post you will see
>>>> that it does not claim that ALU was denied accreditation. It
>>>> says pretty much the same thing that you write. (And the
>>>> quote is accurate.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/22/09, That email was NOT from DETC official wrote:
>>>>> Dumie,
>>>>>
>>>>> ALU has NOT been denied accrediation and
>>>>> anyone posting here saying that is wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> We wont know for several more months, at
>>>>> the lastest it is a June 2009 notification
>>>>> on their website.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/22/09, David wrote:
>>>>>> I received the following e-mail this morning from DETC's
>>>>>> Director of Accreditation regarding Lincoln...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The statement that DETC would guarantee accreditation to
>>>>>> any applicant is ludicrous in the extreme. Where do people
>>>>>> come up with these claims? Besides, the use of the
>>>>>> word “guarantee” is verboten in the DETC Business
>>>>>> Standards."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This does not mean that ALU will not be accredited at some
>>>>>> point in time in the future. It just means that the
>>>>>> persons or persons writing on this board that "its a done
>>>>>> deal" or its "guaranteed" are not providing accurate
>>>>>> information.