1. Are your online faculty qualified to teach on-ground as well as online?
- How much will it cost to develop their skills?
2. Are your online faculty PhD qualified in the discipline they teach?
- Are they experts in the field you are asking them to teach?
3. Are
your online distance education programs "RESPECTED"?
- Or
are they thrown together just to stay competitive?
4. Does your online course
offerings provide superior quality?
- Do they match traditional
classroom courses in content & quality?
The Academy 4-Way
Test for institutions of higher learning is wrapped in a traditional accreditation scenario that demands the implementation
and delivery of each and every new online course adhere to certain principles of acceptable academic standards:
- Is the content of the course, or can it be, accredited?
- Is
the accrediting agency recognized domestically and/or internationally?
- Can superior
faculty and administration be retained to teach the program?
- Is the school able to provide online
education the commitment it requires?
- Does the school recognize it has the opportunity to set standards
for other institutions?
- Does the program have the capability to be competitive?_________________________________________________________________
