<p>Apparently one of my old friends is getting a bachelor degree from there and so I decided to look up the school. I ran into a few searches of people saying it's a fake school and others saying it's accredited (although I couldn't find it on the list of accredited schools). It's an online school and I don't really have a whole lot of experiences with them, but I would assume that they go through the same accreditation process.
Anyway, I'm not so sure about this Fort Jones University. Has anyone has any experience with them or know someone who has? Or maybe you can just give me more information about them? I would hate to think my friend is getting her degree from a fake scamming school.</p>
<p>Unfortunately it not accredited by a meaningful agency. The “real” colleges in the US are Regionally Accredited by on e of the regional agencies. This is the very minimum you should go for and it is not even enough to indicate the college is good, you still need to do extra diligence. </p>
<p>is very hard to tell someone they have bought in and paid for something that is of questionable value. They have bought in and will likely defend that. There are a few employers that are ok with just the piece of paper so if they are employed full time and this is just a hurdle to be eligible for a raise then there is an outside chance it is okay. University of Phoenix would actually be better in that case.</p>
<p>Fort Jones is ‘accredited’ by a very weak agency that really has no status. It certifies online courses internationally. None of the credits would transfer to a Regionally Accredited university the way a community college credit would. So they are pretty worthless.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s a fake school. According to its website
. However, the US Government does not recognize ABDET as a valid accreditation agency. Additionally, in the US regional accreditation is king. Truly globally reputable schools (think UCLA, Harvard, Stanford) are all regionally accredited as are institutions like San Jose State University and Oklahoma City Community College. If a school isn’t regionally accredited and a student wishes to transfer to a real college, the student will essentially have to start at square one. No credits earned at the previous non regionally accredited school will transfer over.</p>
<p>By the way, the only times I’ve heard of international accreditation come from major specific review boards like ABET (an engineering accreditation board). Even then its scope is limited to a few institutions outside of the US. </p>
<p>Thanks for the responses guys. Very helpful!</p>
<p>If you can help him, the best bet is to cut his losses and get out.</p>
<p>I’d find it hard to trust an accrediting agency that can’t describe itself in standard English. From the ABDET website:</p>
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<p>And here’s how Fort Jone starts its description:</p>
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<p>I’d prefer a University where the administration speaks competent English.</p>
<p>Fort Jones is indeed a Scam. They ask for your CV and immediately declare you eligible for Bachelors or Masters degree. They ask CV not for evaluation but to know your workplace. After that they threaten you by saying that they will contact your employer that degree you have is illegal and paid one. Stay way from such sites guys. My brother been victim of this university.</p>
<p>Fort Jones University is real. However it’s advisable to say that this university is private. It’s not a Public University. It’s possible other universities can not recognize it. What a pity, because these courses are good !!. </p>
<p>Great, figures a shill will come along. Waste of time to join up just to post this.</p>
<p>I find it amusing that the plant speaks the same nonsensical English as the Fort Jones website. </p>
<p>^^ Was wondering if they teach the same English in the “University”? And how “private” is this school? Like Private Residence?</p>
<p>I’m sure the website was privately developed. </p>