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Is penn foster college degree recognized by employers?
Answer 1: Penn-Foster College, unlike its high school, is "nationally" accredited, not "regionally" accredited. Penn-Foster College's accreditor is the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), which is approved by the US Department of Education (USDE), and the USDE-sanctioned Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), just the same as is the "regional" accreditor that accredits the elementary, middle and high schools near you; and also all of your state's public, and most of its private colleges and universities."National" accreditation of the type that Penn-Foster College has is just as credible and legitimate as "regional" accreditation. However, the regional accreditors, down through the years, have done a pretty good job of convincing employers that only "regionally" accredited degrees are worth anything. Nothing could be further from the truth, of course......but how do you want to begin your relationship with a new employer? Do you want to spend your time with him/her educating him/her about accreditation; and convincing him/her that s/he got it wrong about "nationally" accredited colleges?Employers who understand accreditation, and who realize that any accreditor is good as long as it's USDE- and/or CHEA-approved, will likely accept the Penn-Foster College degree. So might employers who normally only accept "regionally" accredited college degrees if they either don't know any better, or are willing to make an exception. But if you happen onto an employer who thinks that only "regionally" accredited college degrees are good degrees, then, no, that employer may well not accept a Penn-Foster College degree.I, personally, would have no problem getting a Penn-Foster College degree, and defending it if I had to, because I'm an expert in accreditation and so could easily disabuse any potential employer of his wrongheadedness about "regionally" versus "nationally" accredited schools. But others may or may not have that kind of knowledge and/or skill; so for them, I'm not really sure that I can, in good conscience, recommend any "nationally" accredited degee; and Penn-Foster College is "nationally" accredited.It's a shame, too, because while Penn-Foster may be a little bit too commercialized and a bit like an assembly line, so to speak (much like Ashworth College, which is also DETC-accredited), the fact is that a degree from either Penn-Foster College or Ashworth College would not be in any way bad, or substandard as an education. A person graduating with such credentials will have been more-than-adequately educated at either the associates or bachelor's degree levels. But, alas, a person with a degree from either place -- or from most nationall-accredited colleges, may, at some point in his/her life, find himself/herself either having to defend the degree, or even being eliminated from consideration for a job or other position on account of it.CHEA is trying to education accreditors, schools and employers using a thing called the "Higher Education Transfer Alliance" (HETA). Just Google "chea heta" (yes, with quotes around it, just as you see that I just typed) and then click on the very first link that shows-up on the search results page; and then read the resulting web page on the CHEA website to learn more. Until everyone agrees with what that web page teaches, then it may well be a long time before "nationally" accredited schools and degrees get the respect they deserve.
How did the Roman Empire hurt Christianity?
A:This can be answered by comparing the Christian Church within the Roman Empire to that which existed in much of Asia and parts of Africa and was outside the control of the Roman Empire. Under various Christian emperors, from Constantine to Theodosius and beyond, the Christian Church became increasingly intolerant and willing to justify murder and persecution to achieve its ends.The Nestorian Church came about in 431 CE when the 'Nestorians' were excluded from the Orthodox Church, while the Jacobites emerged in the sixth century under a Syrian leader, Jacobus Baradaeus. At the eastern fringe of the Roman Empire and in the Persian Empire, they were free from imperial influence and able to develop their own moral and cultural standards. The Nestorian Church spread through Asia to India and China, as well as to parts of east Africa, rivalling in importance the Christian Church of the Roman Empire. While in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an, Christian missionaries were approached by a Buddhist missionary who needed help in translating his scriptures into Chinese so that he could preach in China. It is a mark of the tolerance of the Nestorians that their missionaries so willingly assisted a Buddhist missionary whom a missionary from the Roman Empire would have likely put to death.With changes of dynasty in China, the rise of Islam and events elsewhere, the Jacobite and Nestorian Churches went into decline, but they show how Christianity could have been. The Roman Empire hurt Christianity by imposing a culture of intolerance onto the Church, a legacy we still see in small ways, even today.
