May 4, 2007

Transfer Credits and Accreditation

To the Editor:

If an institution has regional accreditation, can we assume that the quality of education received by a transferring student from that institution is of sufficient quality that the student does not require any examination ("U.S. and Accreditors Reach Impasse After 2nd Negotiating Round," The Chronicle, April 6)? I think not. And yet that is precisely the policy of many institutions: If a student transfers from a regionally accredited institution, if appropriate to the

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