About Accreditation:

In the United States, accreditation is used to assure quality in schools or educational institutions and programs.  It should be noted that accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental process of review and evaluation.

Accreditation in the United States:

The following statements are taken verbatim from the U.S. Department of Education Website

The United States has no Federal Ministry of Education or other centralized authority exercising single national control over postsecondary educational institutions in this country. The States assume varying degrees of control over education, but, in general, institutions of higher education are permitted to operate with considerable independence and autonomy. As a consequence, American educational institutions can vary widely in the character and quality of their programs.

Accreditation does not provide automatic acceptance by an institution of credit earned at another institution, nor does it give assurance of acceptance of graduates by employers.   Acceptance of students or graduates is always the prerogative of the receiving institution or employer.  For these reasons, besides ascertaining the accredited status of a school or program, students should take additional measures to determine, prior to enrollment, whether or not their educational goals will be met through attendance at a particular institution.  These measures should include inquiries to institutions to which transfer might be desired or to prospective employers….

PBOE Organization:

P.B.O.E. is international in scope.  The professional Board of Education/International Accrediting Assoc. will strive to make its services available to all who desire them and who meet our membership requirements.

PBOE will strive to maintain a flexible yet progressive, liberal set of standards commensurate with our founding philosophy.  This will in part be brought about by a high degree of acceptance from the more enlightened amongst us and from within the confines of the current political - social and educational - corporate world structure.

PBOE exists in part, to represent schools that cannot or CHOOSE not to receive traditional "accreditation,” and yet desire or strive to provide a quality service to the public.

Conclusion:

Any educational institution or organization is eligible to apply for membership in PBOE.   It is our belief that many of the graduates from a PBOE accredited institution or program are among the highest caliber, most intelligent, talented, best-educated and most effective individuals you will find anywhere.

PBOE makes no promises, representations, nor guarantees of employment or acceptability of transfer credits to any public or private educational institution.  If you are seeking a University degree for a specific licensing, employment or additional educational purpose, we advise you to first check with the association, governmental agency, employer, or specific educational institution to determine the acceptability of a PBOE accredited program.

The programs and or institutions PBOE may currently accredit or may possibly accredit in the future are currently not designed to meet, any specific local, state, territorial, regional, or national licensing or credentialing laws.  Further, being non-traditional in nature, our programs are not designed to meet a particular requirement established by any private association, or "traditional" licensing or accrediting organization.

Title IV Note:  Accreditation by P.B.O.E. does not enable the entity it may accredit to establish eligibility to participate in any Title IV programs.

Per the U.S. Dept of Education:  As one of the “Functions of Accreditation” is:  “Providing one of several considerations used as a basis for determining eligibility for Federal (financial) assistance,” it should be noted that students enrolled in non-traditional schools not accredited by a U.S. Dept.of Education approved accrediting agency, are not eligible for Federal financial assistance.

Please beware of Concordia University in the Virgin Islands, this is a diploma mill! They have duplicated our letterhead and pass it around showing they are accredited and they are NOT! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_College_and_University