Oregon State Office of Degree Authorization

Oregon State Office of Degree Authorization authorizes schools to offer academic degree, validates individual claims of degrees, enforces the closure of substandard or fraudulent degree programs, and policy for publicly funded postsecondary programs and locations. The ODA website tracks suspected diploma mills and unaccredited schools both inside and outside of Oregon.

The Office of Degree Authorization aims "to provide for the protection of the citizens of Oregon and their postsecondary schools by ensuring the quality of higher education and preserving the integrity of an academic degree as a public credential."

It is a a unit of the Oregon Student Assistance Commission.[1]

See also

* Diploma mill
* List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
* List of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning
* List of recognized accreditation associations of higher learning
* Oregon State Board of Higher Education
* School accreditation

External links

* Oregon State Office of Degree Authorization – Official website
*Christian Science Monitor includes quotes from the ODA