Talk:Vision International University

message: Joshua Reichard, Director of Institutional Advancement for Vision International University writing:  
I made the following changes to this entry, originally created by CaliEd; some of the information is either innacurrate or confused.
1) Vision International University achieved temporary approval from the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE) on June 30, 2006.  The statement regarding temporary approval can be found at VIU Authorization Page.  Religious Exemption is no longer applicable.
2) Vision International University does not make any claim to being accredited by a CHEA-approved agency in the United States.  We are very explicity about not being accredited in the United States.
3) Vision International University does not hold Australian accreditation.  The accreditation is held by Vision International College in New South Wales, Australia, an affiliated but independently governed institution VIC Accreditation Page, out of which Vision International University was established.  The Vision International Education Network consists of four distinct institutions.
4) I expanded the description of the programs to reflect the details on the website.
For those interested in the accreditation goals of Vision International University, we are pursuing accreditation with the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), an effort which we have been working toward for several years.
I hope this is helpful and clear to Wiki readers.  If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact me directly at jreichard@vision.edu.
Sincerely,
--Jreichard 18:40, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the disclosure. Would be great if more administrators of the various  unaccredited institutions of higher learning would take the same approach. -- Bob K |  Talk 06:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for correcting and updating the information. CaliEd 04:54, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  CaliEd, the unaccredited disclaimer is repeated three times; is it necessary in all three places?  The institution is deliberately clear on its accreditation status.  Also, do you have a citation to support the {{}} tag that says that "use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions"?  I know that there are laws limiting religious exempt degrees (and legitimate religious exempt institutions will  specifically disclaimed the laws state by state), but I am not familiar with laws that limit state-approved degrees.  Can you cite or clarify?  Thanks.  --Jreichard 04:10, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

text:  BobK, that is correct.  The University achieved state-approval on June 30, 2006.  CaliEd has been inserting the "unaccredited tag" as described above into the articles of several unaccredited institutions, though I am not sure if this applies to religious exemption only.  My understanding that this is the case.  I have asked him to cite his source for adding this tag or at least to explain it here, but he has not responded; tomorrow will be one week.  I certainly understand that some state restrict using non-accredited degrees on applications for state employment and in some states a non-accredited degree is not acceptable for any state-regulated licensure (this is not the case in CA).  Should we wait for CaliEd to cite his source or do you think it is acceptable to remove the tag?  Thanks for your concern and participation. --Jreichard 21:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

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