April 2, 1999

Accreditation of On-Line University Draws Fire

By KELLY McCOLLUM

The accreditation last month of Jones International University, a first for a virtual institution, has come under fire from the American Association of University Professors.

In a letter (http://www.aaup.org/319let.htm) to Steven D. Crow, executive director of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the A.A.U.P. said: "By all public accounts, this virtual institution presents a very weak case for accreditation. Indeed it

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