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General Information

• The Significance of Accreditation
• Glossary

Mainstream Professions

• Medical and Osteopathic Physicians
• Dentists
• Dietitians/Nutritionists
• Podiatrists
• Mental Health Professionals
• Optometrists
• Pharmacists
• Allied Health Care Professionals (posted 2/25/05)

Other Training and Credentials

• Acupuncturists
• Chiropractors
• Naturopaths

Regulatory Agencies

• Licensing Boards (posted 11/19/06)

Investigative Reports

• An Odyssey Inside the Bogus Diploma Circuit (1988) (posted 2/25/05)
• Clayton College of Natural Health: Be Wary of the School and Its Graduates (link to Quackwatch)
• Court Orders Columbia Pacific University to Cease Operating Illegally in California (link to Quackwatch)
• Degrees of Suspicion: Psst. Wanna Buy a Degree? (link to Chronicles of Higher Education)
• Nurses Create Quack Specialty (updated 5/19/08)
• The Make-Believe Doctors (Medical Impostors) (posted 2/25/05)
• Congressional Hearing on Diploma Mills (2005)
• GAO Reports on Diploma Mills (2002, 2005)
• 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)

Questionable Schools and Agencies

• 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)

Links to Other Sites

• Canadian Centre for International Credentials
• Commission on Dietetic Registration (Dietitian credential checker)
• Council for Higher Education Accreditation
• DegreeInfo.com. Discussion Forums
• Degree.net: John and Marika Bear's Guide to Distance Education
• Diploma Mill Police (accreditation verifier)
• Higher Ed Consulting, Australasia
• Information Concerning Unnaccredited Universities
• National Center for Education Statistics
• 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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