About Credential Watch
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
Government Regulation
- Licensing Boards (posted 11/19/06)
- GAO Reports on Diploma Mills (2002, 2005)
- Congressional Hearing on Diploma Mills (2005)
- FTC acts against Saint James School of Medicine (4/15/22)
- 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 Fails to Curb Unlicensed Quacks (1989) (posted 6/20/20)
- Pakistani Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison in Axact Diploma Mill Scam (posted 1/18/18)
Investigative Reports
- An Odyssey Inside the Bogus Diploma Circuit (1988) (posted 2/25/05)
- How the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Misleads Consumers About Choosing “Complementary Health Practitioners” (posted 9/12/2023)
- 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)
- Flexner Report on Medical Education in the United States and Canada (1910) (posted 1/39/16)(
- 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)
- ABC News Investigates “Top Doctor” Awards (Link to ABC News)
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)
- India Lists 24 “Fake Universities” (posted 4/27/18)
- 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
