VUL introducing new doctorate in May

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RA is much different than NA. Like I said they need that RA accreditation. Doctoral degrees with RA accreditation are looked at differently than NA. Many small schools have RA credit so that's no excuse. The school goes back to the 1880's. Many people want an accreditation that's not through a religious affiliation and that's all that they have. Why in 130+ years couldn't they get RA? According to their own website the accreditation expired back in June. 

 This status is in force through June 30, 2021. 

Different, but how much different is a point of debate. I've seen the claim countless times over the years, but I've yet to see a standard-by-standard comparative analysis to substantiate it...

Of course now we're supposed to be in the age of "institutional accreditation." I'm not sure that actually means much of anything except someone wants us to think there's less of a difference than there used to be.  And I'm really not sure that there was any significant difference, then or now because as you say, I've never seen any type of side by side analysis either.  And I'm not talking about standards of things like how many books do you have in your library, I mean academic standards.  I don't know how these things are measured but it seems like it could be more than a little slippery.
The pros and cons of having regional accreditors go national (opinion) (insidehighered.com)