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Accreditation is important because it means that the school's credits will transfer and be recognized by employers like the US Government; it also means that Ave Maria will get access to America's tax money.

90% of accreditation has to do with credibility. That's why Christendom College and Hillsdale were VERY keen to get accredited, with absolutely NO intention of getting fed funding. When the article singles out the US Government as an employer that requires accreditation, it is misleading. Employers have to know the difference betwen a real college degree and one you can get for $199.95 with your Mastercard on the Internet. Accreditation is a tool to that end. Accreditation by itself is not sufficient for government funding. I am not even sure if it necessary, though it doesn't hurt.

I am not going to dispute the other points you made. It makes more sense to attack the school, and Mr. Monaghan for things that are wrong, rather than things that are good in and of themselves (like accreditation) and assuming a bad motive. If Fr. Fessio was running the place, accreditation would have been a huge priority for him as well.

I am not going to dispute the other points you made. It makes more sense to attack the school, and Mr. Monaghan for things that are wrong, rather than things that are good in and of themselves (like accreditation) and assuming a bad motive. If Fr. Fessio was running the place, accreditation would have been a huge priority for him as well. Fair enough. I think Ave has a poor track record with credibillity and so things like this bear more scrutiny. It wouldn't be so much of an issue if they weren't hosting Jackson Laboratories and being so dishonest about it, or accepting huge donations from Tom Golisano or cozying up to other political leaders with dubious connections. One wonders if acceditation might not be up on the table for them if they weren't willing to play ball with Tom Golisano and their Mad Scientist Laboratories. It looks and is very dishonest. You know this sort of thing might work effectively when you're putting up a highly processed subtandard food item for mass consumption, but we're talking about the education of children. They're not made of pizza dough.