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In case you haven't seen we've started a petition to Stephen Jones hoping that it might help clarify issues regarding accreditation. By the way I'm looking for more signatures, please spread the word.

It had been a while since I had looked at the petition, but today I finally circled back and noticed some stories that had been put up.

Number 55 said:

Grad school acceptance or denial is a tricky thing. You never know what they consider and don't, or what the weight of those considerations will be. You don't know what your competition is, and you have no idea how much of the competition they plan on taking. You get little help from the department and then get little feed back. In short it would be a very tricky thing to assess how many graduates from Bob Jones University get denied grad school admission based upon accreditation. Normally you just get a nice letter saying better luck next time.

Tyler Williamson had a great comment regarding a form PCC requires students to sign. The document covers a lot of regular stuff absolving PCC of liability among other things. But there is a section that surprised Tyler and I wanted to discuss it more.

This is stuff I say all the time here, but it is always helpful to know we aren't the only ones saying it. I came across this link with some helpful information on how to choose between two colleges that are accredited. First they describe what national accreditation is typically meant for:

This is more of a vocational or trade school accreditation and is used mostly for colleges that teach subjects such as culinary, cosmetology, auto mechanics and other trades.

Continuing the coverage from yesterday here was the response.

Denied Grad School acceptance based upone Bob Jones University's accreditation.