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Background
Institutions of higher learning become accredited through academic achievements that result in having expensive infrastructure in place
(sizable libraries, staff, administration, student services, facilities, etc.) Coursework in non-traditional settings is not accredited.
However, VLI has been able to achieve College credit equivalency through the American Council on Education (ACE).
ACE Credit-equivalency
In 2007 the Vineyard Leadership Institute was reviewed by the American Council of Education (ACE) an organization started in 1918 to build a bridge between traditional and non-traditional
(e.g., VLI) training institutions. The VLI tracks received credit equivalency status with the ACE CREDIT program which assists Fortune 500 corporations, associations, schools, and training
suppliers in translating their education programs into college-level recommendations. They do this by reviewing coursework and issuing course equivalency findings which are then made available
to accredited institutions for coursework acceptance. Click here to view the American Council on Education website showing the reviewed VLI coursework. The ACE credit recommendation findings
show that VLI is able to offer 25 semester hours (just short of 1 year of university) of undergraduate college credit recommendation. Credit-equivalency, or credit-recommendation, however,
is not the same as "accreditation". Only an institution can be accredited. While the ACE membership includes more than 1600 institutions, it is still up to the student to contact their
university to view what coursework is accepted for transfer.
Accreditation Verification
It has become common for non-traditional schools to claim "accreditation", but the buyer must beware.
To verify accreditation, please see the (CHEA) Council for Higher Education and Accreditation website for a list of accredited institutions.
The US Department of Education uses the CHEA list to determine who receives "Title IV" loans. VLI is not considered an educational institution by the CHEA definition and therefore is not yet accredited. To verify the credits you can transfer from VLI,
contact the admissions office of the university or college where you plan to enroll.
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