About Credential Watch

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General Information

• The Significance of Accreditation
• Glossary
• Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010-2011 (17.7 MB, posted 4/26/11)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook 2014-2015 (link to BLS site)

Mainstream Professions

• Medical and Osteopathic Physicians
• Dentists
• Diabetes Self-Management Educators
• Dietitians/Nutritionists
• Licensed Practical Nurses (posted 1/25/12)
• Podiatrists
• Mental Health Professionals
• Optometrists
• Pharmacists
• Allied Health Care Professionals (rupdated 3/19/14)

Other Training and Credentials

• Acupuncturists
• Chiropractors
• Naturopaths

Government Regulation

• Licensing Boards (posted 11/19/06)
• GAO Reports on Diploma Mills (2002, 2005)
• Congressional Hearing on Diploma Mills (2005)
• Rep. Bishop Announces Bill to Stop Diploma Mills (posted 2/6/10)
• Court Orders Columbia Pacific University to Cease Operating Illegally in California (link to Quackwatch)
• "Operation Gold Seal" Shuts Down Major Diploma Mill (posted 1/31/10)
• Liberian Government Disclaims Fake Medical Schools (posted 2/16/10)
• New Jersey Prohibits Use of Nonaccredited Degrees
• North Carolina Medical Institute Ordered to Shut Down (posted 5/25/25)

Investigative Reports

• An Odyssey Inside the Bogus Diploma Circuit (1988) (posted 2/25/05)
• A Skeptical Look at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (updated 1/9/10)
• A Skeptical Look at Bircham International University (posted 1/7/14)
• Bernadean University: A Nutrition Diploma Mill (link to Quackwatch)
• Clayton College of Natural Health: Be Wary of the School and Its Graduates (link to Quackwatch)
  • Clayton University "Graduates," 2000-2001 (posted 5/12/11)
• Degrees of Suspicion: Psst. Wanna Buy a Degree? (link to Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Diploma Mill Functions as Immigration Scam (posted 12/28/09)
• Nurses Create Quack Specialty (updated 5/19/08)
• The Make-Believe Doctors (Medical Impostors) (posted 2/25/05)
• Kurt Donsbach's Phony Naturopathic Degree (posted 6/23/06)
• Be Wary of "Board Certification" in Clinical Metal Toxicology (link to Quackwatch)
• California Psychology Schools That Are Approved But Nonaccredited (revised 2/15/07)
• Two Libel Suits by Gary Null Fail (posted 2/14/11)
• Some Notes on the Pastoral Medical Association and other "Private Membership Associations" (posted 1/24/16)

Questionable Entities

• American Biographical Institute (ABI) (link to Wikipedia article)
• Be Wary of Nonaccredited Schools (posted 4/2/05)
• Be Wary of Nonrecognized Accreditation Agencies (updated 11/20/08)
• California's Lists of Nonrecognized and Recognized Medical Schools (posted 5/1/06)
• FTC Consumer Alert: Diploma Mills: Degrees of Deception (posted 2/25/05)
• General Medical Council Lists Questionable UK-Based Foreign Medical Colleges (posted 4/17/06)
• Michigan's List of Nonaccredited Colleges and Universities (posted 8/5/05)
• American Universities Admissions Program Sued for Trademark Infringement (posted 2/17/06)
• Fraudulent or Substandard Institutions with a Texas Connection (posted 7/20/06)
• Trinity Southern University's Operators Fined Thousands in Bogus Degree Scam (posted 3/19/06)
• The "British West Indies Medical College" Scam (posted 7/4/06)
• Alert on Greenwich University (posted 1/9/08)
• "Naturopathic Oncology" (link to another site)

Links to Other Sites

• Accredibase
• AMA Health Careers Directory [Warning: Chiropractic information is inaccurate]
• Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
• American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
• Beall's List: Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers
• Canadian Centre for International Credentials
• Center for College Affordibility and Productivity
• Certification Guide
• Commission on Dietetic Registration (Dietitian credential checker)
• Council for Higher Education Accreditation
• Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR)
• DegreeInfo.com. Discussion Forums
• Degree.net: John and Marika Bear's Guide to Distance Education
• Diploma Mill News
• Diploma Mill Police (accreditation verifier)
• Higher Ed Consulting, Australasia
• Information Concerning Unnaccredited Universities
• Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Nursing Degree Guide
• U.S. Department of Education Searchable Database of Accredited Schools
• Recognized Health-Related Accreditation Agencies

Ring Membership

• Anti-Quackery Ring (health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies)
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