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About Accreditation:
Preface
It is a new Millennium. It is time for a change. It is
absolutely essential for the Educational community to embrace
positive change and truly acknowledge through practice, such dearly
treasured American ideals as Freedom and Liberty. The time has
come for the "conventional wisdom" of tradition to challenge
it's cherished and tenaciously held to beliefs and unproven assumptions.
One of those assumptions deals with the strange notion that a
school must be "accredited" by a highly selective clique
("recognized" accrediting agency) to be of any value
or worth. Non-traditional, non-residential education is a fact
of life today just as much as the PC (Personal Computer) or Internet
is. Non-traditional, non-residential, on-line and distance education
are here to stay.
Didactic or Background
In the United States, accreditation is (in theory) used
to assure quality in schools or educational institutions and programs.
It should be noted that accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental
process of review and evaluation. The accreditation process requires
an educational institution or program to meet certain, defined
standards or criteria as set forth by the accrediting body. These
so-called "standards" change from State to State, and
from region to region. These standards also change with time.
In fact, thankfully and partly because of our country's heritage
and Constitution (re: "freedom of choice") there are
no two Universities that have the same structure, philosophies,
teaching modalities or evaluation criteria.
N.B. (nota bene) NOTE WELL:
The University of Berkley is not accredited by one
of the seven regional accrediting agencies recognized by the United
States Department of Education. Furthermore, the University
is not accredited by any accrediting agency recognized by the
United States Department or Secretary of Education. We are
proud of this and celebrate our subsequent UNIQUE freedom, independence,
creativity and non-traditional status, which allows us increased
academic flexibility. Being loyal and true Americans, we feel
it our duty to defend, support and encourage the inalienable rights
we enjoy in this Great Land. All too often we find that the pursuit
of truth, liberty and justice may be hindered by self-serving
unconscionable laws. In an attempt to improve the quality of life
for all, we at the University of Berkley have set before us the
task and goal of attempting to change the long accepted academic
"social order" into something more closely resembling
reality. It is time to STOP discriminating
against schools simply because they don't "fit the norm"
or have a football stadium or possess millions of dollars in assets.
It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. Therefore
to this end of accomplishing our above stated goal let it be known:
The University of Berkley is not regionally accredited,
in the traditional sense, due to outdated, irrational Restrictive
Policies regarding non-residential, non-traditional online
and distance educational facilities. In other words, traditional
"brick and mortar" schools and many localities or school
boards (the powers "that-be") are biased in their educational
views and act from a "profit incentive" based motivation
in hopes they can exclude those whom they perceive as interlopers;
those base, vile, intruders that are so dubious and immoral by
daring to be something different. These (traditional) individuals,
schools and organizations are exclusive and elitist in their practices
and policies. It should be noted for the record that MANY educators,
teachers and professors as well as School District Administrators
(both in the private and public sectors) have their degrees from
the University of Berkley. Increasingly we are seeing a changing
attitude of public opinion in favor of quality non-traditional
distance and online education.
Practicum
or Purpose:
While not accredited in a traditional sense, the University
of Berkley is however accredited by NAPFEW
(New Millennium Accrediting Partnership For
Educators Worldwide). Please click the
link and read about their revolutionary new program. Currently
NAPFEW is not recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
With the rate at which our constantly evolving social consciousness
is developing in all of humanity, we feel that eventually this
situation will change. With continued efforts on our part and
the actions of other intelligent, enlightened people the world
over, we shall witness a revolution in education that can only
have a positive liberating effect upon all.
Accreditation or acceptance
by NAPFEW
is intended to help ensure that degrees issued by University of
Berkley possess the "potential for acknowledgment" they
require to stand a chance of possibly being better accepted by
institutions and companies here in the United States and elsewhere
in the world.
Conclusion:
While the University of Berkley and it's graduates or degree
holders already experience a universally high acceptance rate
there exist still, occasional isolated individuals or organizations
that are not yet sufficiently evolved or enlightened enough to
embrace the reality that: "Education, knowledge, skill,
ability and wisdom belong to the INDIVIDUAL… regardless of how
or where he or she gained it". We believe that many of
our students/graduates are among the highest caliber, most intelligent,
talented, best-educated and most effective individuals you will
find anywhere. They, and their UofB degrees, are equal
to their counterparts from traditional schools anywhere in the
world.
Please remember that accreditation by NAPFEW
does not guarantee everyone will accept your degree. If you are
unsure about whether the company you work for or any such company/institution
you would like to approach for employment will accept your degree,
we encourage you to contact them before proceeding further with
us. Non-traditional degrees and the quality of the organizations
that issue them are still, at times controversial. Because of
our many success stories and the quality of our graduates, we
at Berkley believe that our institution and several other non-traditional,
non-residential or online distance schools are having a strong
and influential effect upon the educational community as a whole.
Please understand that University of Berkley awards university
level degrees based primarily upon on the evaluation of life experience
and previous education both formal and informal. The opportunity
for independent work, study, research and documentation of such,
is also provided for. All students are required to complete a
requisite amount of original work commensurate with the degree
they are applying for. This can be work done prior to enrollment
with the University of Berkley or after acceptance to a program.
Our online University accepts 100% of all transfer credits. We
award credits for all relevant life experiences, and ascribe credit
to independent study projects (self-taught, guided readings etc.,)
as well as all other forms of original work, creations or accomplishments.
Our programs are not designed to meet, any specific local, state,
territorial, regional, or national licensing or credentialing
laws. Further, being non-traditional in nature, our programs are
not designed to meet a particular requirement established by any
private association, or "traditional" licensing or accrediting
organization.
Although generally our graduates do quite well in the job
market and with other schools, the
University of Berkley makes no promises, representations, nor
guarantees of employment or acceptability of transfer credits
to any public or private educational institution. If you are seeking
a University of Berkley degree for a specific licensing, employment
or additional educational purpose, we advise you to first check
with the association, governmental agency, employer, or specific
educational institution to determine the acceptability. Unfortunately,
not all of society or its' deeply entrenched traditional institutions
are as progressive or responsive as we are.
We encourage you to carefully evaluate us to determine
if our programs are for you. If after your evaluation, you agree
(as have so many others) that this is the path for you, then don't
hesitate, call or go on the web and join us today! Remember:
"What you can do, or dream you can do,
begin it! Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
-- Van Goeth
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