Transferring credits between institutions is a bother at times because one school does not recognize the accreditation of another. This often happens when you try to transfer credits earned at a college accredited by the Distance Education Training Council (DETC) to one accredited by any one of the six regional agencies.

While the DETC is accepted as a valid accreditation agency by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the United States Department of Education (USDE), there are a few regionally accredited schools that refuse to accept credits earned through the DETC.

So before you enroll in any school, it makes sense to check if your credits will be accepted there. The Higher Education Transfer Alliance (HETA) exists just for this purpose. HETA is a group of institutions that do not make their transfer decisions based only on the accredited status of the prior college. While a definite transfer is not assured, at least discrimination is not made on the basis of the accrediting body.

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