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Well crap, I guess I'd better kill off my BA ASAP then, before everything goes south. Hopefully they won't tank within the next 5-6 months :O

[EDIT] - On that note, does anyone know what would happen if Ashford did lose accreditation before I graduated? I mean I would immediately leave, because obviously my degree would not be accredited, but would that also mean that I couldn't transfer any credits to anywhere else, essentially making 30-40 credits worth of classes useless fluff on my transcripts? Or could I jump ship over to one of the Big 3 and finish up there? I'm concerned now, since I'm fairly invested...


[EDIT] - OK, they still have their HLC accreditation from the North Central Association until 2014, plenty of time for me to kill off the last 6 months of my BA. Whew. I was worried for a minute there. Still, hopefully they get their crap together soon, meaning they quit hiring recruiters and bean-counters and hire more professors/academic staff.

What if I finished my degree first, and THEN they lost accreditation later on? Would my degree suddenly become non-accredited as well, after the fact? Can that happen? If that CAN happen, should I knock out my degree (only 5 classes left), and then immediately enroll in Excelsior/TESC/COSC and finish a degree there as well, just as insurance?

Your degree will always hold the accreditation it has at your graduation. I had an opposite experience, where my first degree (culinary) was NA when I attended but they are now RA. My degree, however, remains NA. I will also tell you people don't always look- I had a few places give me potential transfer credit until they checked my dates, so you could have the reverse issue if they lost accreditation in the future- meaning an initial check could make it look as though that school isn't RA thus you're degree is not RA, so you may have to explain that if that happens.

Here's my thoughts- RA is hard to get. Very, very hard. Even NA is hard to get. To let your accreditation go is suicide because your students won't be able to pay, thus you won't make any money. I assure you that Ashford is HIGHLY MOTIVATED to keep their RA status, and will likely do what is necessary to do so.