Virtually Worthless

Students filing complaints against an online school that lacks proper accreditation underscore a fundamental problem in distance learning and online education. Dozens of organizations accredit schools, but the U.S. higher education community at large only recognizes a handful of accrediting organizations as legitimate, education experts said. If you obtain a high school diploma from an organization not widely recognized by colleges and post-secondary schools, as Rodriguez did, then your degree is worthless. Mc Nelly Torres, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Dec. 22, 2010