Ashworth College - Ashworth University - PCDI Ashworth is a Scam/Diploma Mill Norcross Georgia

Im a student enrolled in an associates degree in construction management. My spouse got his bachelors degree the traditional way from a 4 year college. He said the material was comparable in core classes, and I've found the construction management classes to be very relevant to my field. I've been working in construction management for 5 years and the textbooks are from respected authors. I'm given reading assignmentsfrom textbooks, supplemental reading, check for understanding questions which are NOT replicas of quiz questions, as well as written assignments that are required to be in APA format. I selected a proctor for my final, which I plan to take at the library, which is no different than what a regionally accredited school does for distant learning. Pros, I can go at my own pace, and it's economical. Cons, student services can be slow. I had a delayed textbook which was annoying but I found it myself online and bought it to keep it moving. Know what certifications you want, what your state requires, then pick a school/program. Students find ways to cheat at all institutions, and no one refers to them as diploma mills. Go to school to learn, and don't devalue my degree because YOU dont like their formula for the distribution of knowledge! 

I received my AS many years ago at Napa Valley College, over the years I have been a manager in biomedical engineering and decided to get my BS in Management. I enrolled with Ashworth and much to my surprise it was challenging. I write papers along with tests and have learned much about current managemnet trends since I began. Education is about learning plain and simple. I could have obtained this info from a library but it is good to measdure your knowledge and Ashworth does a good job of it at least with my experience. I am working my butt off as well, this is not easy and it is not a degree mill in any way shape or form. My stepson complted their electronics certificate course and it was every but as challenging as when I had electronics theory decades ago in a classroom environment. I have had relatives that did on line course work with Penn State and it was 5 times the price and they bragged about how easy it was to cheat simply by using another laptop during tests....ridiculous! You get what you work for in life and if cheating is what students want to do then it will show up at some point in their lack of skill set and job performance. But don't blame the peiople that are providing educational material for that. Blame yourselves.

If you had taken the tlme to read, William, you would have noticed that she had said Ashworth gives you the "Questions", not the "Answers". If reading is your life's challenge, perhaps you should give up Ashworth and go to a real college where reading is required.

Yes, the name changes in the past year and a half were very irritating. I don't know what that was all about. They're currently accredited with DETC as "Ashworth College", so that's what I use.

As for the rest of your criticisms:

1. The school does NOT give you the answers before you take the test and the questions that are given are from straight out of the textbook. I don't know where you're getting that one.

2. Your proctor cannot be a fellow student. That's written right in the Student Handbook.

3. I just tried to log in on the Student Portal and retake one of my recent exams and couldn't. If you have found some sort of loophole, the responsible thing to do would be to notify the school so they can correct it. Instead, you exploited it to score higher on exams. What does that say about you? Hint: it makes you look bad.

4. I had one of my assignments lost and was required to submit it again. Irritating? Definitely, but they never passed any of my work without seeing and grading it. Furthermore, the school doesn't give percentage grades for written assignments, but only grades on a pass or fail basis. Are you sure we're talking about Ashworth?

5. There are Regionally Accredited schools in your state that have been known to accept DETC accreditation, such as University of Alabama, Huntsville; Athens State University; Troy State University; etc. Did you try any of those?

6. Yes, the tutors on the phone are not very helpful. I usually suggest going to the Ashworth College Internet forum and asking the school's employees there for help.

7. I don't know much about the textbooks for the Computer Science program. I got my degree in Security Management and the oldest textbook was about 8 years old while most of them were from 2 to 4 years old.

Finally, I'm confused by your criticism that it's "too easy to cheat" while you admitted at the same time that you DID cheat by retaking exams to get 100% on everything. All of the exams are "open book", so I don't see why anyone would even feel the need to cheat, unless they're not too smart to begin with. I'm insulted that someone who publicly admits to cheating on exams would accuse the school I go to of being a "diploma mill".

My advice to you is to get in touch with DETC at detc(dot)org and ask them what they recommend you do to transfer your credits. Sometimes, it's all in the presentation. When you're trying to transfer, you might leave out the part that you cheated on all of your exams, however.