Any update from Empresarial University in Costa Rica?

Hello friends, sorry about my English.

Any update from Empresarial University in Costa Rica? http://www.unem.edu/

They still RA equivalent?

 

Well, their website states:

The Empresarial University received its charter (accreditation) from the National Council of Higher Education for Private Universities (CONESUP) of the Costa Rican Ministry of Education. During Session number 336-97 which met on the 5th of November 1997. The university is listed with the International Association of Universities and other international directories.

Have you reason to dispute their claims?

Cheers,

George

 

Um, have you forgotten Gus Sainz's exposé?
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=66591#post66591

 

Hello friends, sorry about my English

Thanks for the information. So, at this moment is the same? No changes?

 

Yes, is the same. Not equivalent to RA. This according to the Costa Rican embassy when I spoke with them about this a few years ago.

 

Hello friends, sorry about my English.

However, they appear in the International Book or not?

 

Hello friends, sorry about my English.

If Empresarial University is in the International Handbook that means that, they are a good university. Because “the International Handbook is the book that ... 99+% of the world's academic registrars use to determine the acceptability of a credential” http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&start=75&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=alt.education.distance&selm=c2bc0a9f.0403082321.6c4545af%40posting.google.com

Also the people of the International Handbook “do good research” http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&start=75&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&group=alt.education.distance&selm=c2bc0a9f.0403082321.6c4545af%40posting.google.com

 

Police gets the same thing wrong over and over again. One has to wonder about his/her motivations.

Listing in the IHU is a result of being recognized by one's government. While this tends to be a reliable source, there are exceptions.

Being listed in the IHU doesn't mean the school has been judged for quality.

Being listed in the IHU doesn't mean the school is authorized to award the degrees in question. That is at the heart of the Empresarial matter. (As it was with MIGS/CEU, too.) It looks good, an recognized school awarding doctorates. But if the school itself either (a) isn't really the issuing authority and/or (b) isn't authorized to award the doctorates, one might find one has a "time bomb" degree. The only way the degree is any good is through mistaken acceptance--and that can blow up in one's face at any time. Graduates of Berne University, for example, run this risk all the time. It--not Levicoff's lawsuit or Texas' fine--is what blew up MIGS: the school never made it clear whether or not (a) the CEU would actually award the degrees and (b) the CEU was approved to do so. The IHU listed them as such, but even that didn't sway.

Someone with a Pacific Western University Ph.D. has a lot at stake on this issue. That seems why you cannot/will not look at this objectively. Believe me, I know.