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As long as Government is paying for it (in the form of loans and grants) college tuition will continue to go up.

Accreditation = attempt to control, as this article makes clear.

With friends like Spellings, who needs enemies?

…but they are not giving up without a fightInteresting… I knew someone involved in building an online university and the "red brick" universities did not like it they refused to get involved without extreme persuasion and then the contribution was lethargic at best (even for university types). I heard of a similar situation from a colleague who had been involved in designing and building an online conference centre for the global warming community with a graph on the front page showing the amount of C02 they would save by not traveling to the host countries around the world. Were they delighted? Hell no! They did not like this one bit and all financial support was eventually withdrawn from the company building these sites.
Universities see the liberalization of their students as their top priority (17-19 communist goals below) and online education restricts their ability to achieve these goals.

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

18. Gain control of all student newspapers.

19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.

Source: Congressional Record, Vol. 109 88th Congress, 1st Session Appendix Pages A1-A2842 Jan. 9-May 7, 1963 Reel 12
Web: http://www.rense.com/general32/americ.htm

I always thought that online education was an excellent way to counteract the propaganda system of education that exists in most western countries at the moment not just in universities but at all stages of learning.