Andersonville Theological Seminary Grad News

This seems interesting. A graduate from a school accredited by ACI http://www.accreditnow.com is not only employed by as a professor at a SACS http://www.sacscoc.org/ accredited school, but is also selected twice for the Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Seminar http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/index.html, and is president of the EKU [Eastern Kentucky University] http://www.eku.edu/ branch of the American Association of University Professors http://www.aaup.org/. EKU has been accredited by SACS since 1926.

http://www.publicrelations.eku.edu/news/hinton_fulbright.htm

"An Eastern Kentucky University education professor has been selected for the second time to participate in the Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Seminar."

"Hinton earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Durham in England, master's degrees from the University of Virginia and Kent State University, and doctoral degrees from the University of Virginia and Andersonville Theological Seminary."

"He has served as president of the EKU [Eastern Kentucky University] branch of the American Association of University Professors..."

This appears to have opened up a union of sorts between The U.S. Dept. of Education, SACS, ACI, and Andersonville.

I am sure this will upset a few on this forum, but you have to admit, it is an interesting development. Could more things like this be happening that this forum is not aware of?

Comments?

Arminius

 

I am sure his other accredited degrees, including his accredited doctorate, are responsble for his SACS teaching position and the Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Seminar selection.

 

LTW "school", LTW "accreditor", LTW "fact". No one is upset, no one impressed.
I agree with Dr Clifton.

 

What's to be upset about? If the person's only degrees came from Andersonville, that would be noteworthy. As it is, I would say that his doctorate from the University of Virginia (ranked #22 national university by US News) carries just a bit more weight than the one from Andersonville.

 

An RA school allows him to post his non RA degree on their website. Sorry, I just get a kick out of seeing stuff like this.

Golly. Even Uncle Janko is recognizing non RA doctorates!

Oh, really?


Arminius
One of the elect...

 

Really.

 

I have always recognized some non RA doctorates.

Arminius is shilling for the ridiculous ACI. He is shilling for two ridiculous "schools".
His very first post contained a nasty remark about Calvinists.

Dr Clifton is my esteemed colleague. Mr Tait is our esteemed moderator.

Arminius is an uncouth shill.

Really.

 

Sometimes not very good schools do get better. One of the ways they become better is that good people with good credentials see something in the school and take a chance on it. Still a far cry from laudable, Andersonville HAS much improved their offerings over the past five years. They may very well never become another Luther Rice, but you never know. When you have a solid B and M, RA doctoral credential, as both Jimmy and Uncle Janko point out, perhaps you can take that kind of risk. If Andesonville can supply what he needs (accreditation is not that big of a deal in some independent, fundamentalist Baptist circles) and unaccredited doctorate can fit the bill, why not? Still, Andersonville would not be my choice personally unless the changes there have been monumental.

Craig

 

No need to resort to name calling. That just shows a lack of intelligence.

Arminius
one of the elect.....

 

IMO the issue is not whether an ATS doc degree will "work" for some Christian. The issue is , is it "Christian" to get a doc for much less , and less rigorous, work than normally is required ? IF ATS genuinely has substantial , doc level rigor*, then that's great, and I would support the school. But the last time I looked , it definitely did not!

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* like: common prerequisites to enter as accredited masters in a cognate area; instruction by those with accredited docs who have experienced the rigor at which they are to teach; use of appropriate languages where needed; duration; and, producing research using the best tools and proper methods which contributes to the body of knowledge .

 

Andersonville Seminary. What's next, Auschwitz Technoloy Institute?

 

That is a possibility. The people of Oswiecim, Poland, where the Auschwitz (German for Oswiecim) camp is located, should be allowed to open a technology institute if they want.

But of course, I am not a Legum Magister.

Arminius

 

Neither am I, yet.

 

Nor, Nosborne, are you an offensive durak, adding profound insensibility to a short but unilliustrious record of shilling for a spurious accreditor.

 

Thanks, Uncle...you DID get the Andersonville reference? It was in very bad taste, I realize.

 

He didn't say you're not a durak but that you're not an offensive one.

 

Since I don't know what a "durak" is, I can't be insulted, can I?

"If a tree falls in the forest..."

 

No, you can't, and weren't.