Empresarial University

Original thread posted on 09-28-2003

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showth...=&threadid=7560


What ever happen to Empresarial University?

Is the school accredited or unaccredited?

 

recognized and accredited

It's recognized and accredited. What do you mean by "what happened to it?"

 

Dunno if it's still around.

I think that it was a very marginal private school in Costa Rica that went through a succession of quick ownership and name changes and never really had government approvals to offer everything it advertised. In particular, the DL doctoral programs that were offered by Americans from here in the US (at various times Miami and Atlanta) don't seem to have ever had any kind of Costa Rican recognition.

Empresarial is of historical interest to millologists, since it and its earlier U. of San Jose incarnation seem to have been pioneers of the offshore accreditation gambit and a predecessor of MIGS and ultimately the SRU debacle.

 

Oh come now, bullet. Did you read the thread linked by jek2839?

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7560

 

i tried

The first time I tried to accsess the link it did not come up.

But the question was, what happened to it and the subpart question was , it is accredited.

I said nothing "happened" to it and yes its accredited.

The link, in which even I posted does not incide with the above.

nothing "happened" to it
yes it's accredited.

sorry if that rubbed you wrong.

how about:

it's gone.
it's not accredited.

 

The last time I looked for it it did appear to be gone. I'd hasten to add that legitimate CR accreditation of a real CR university is GAAP. Did they ever have that? Perhaps. How they got it just might be another question entirely. But one shouldn't tar real CR universities with this disappearing brush.

 

I wrote the Costa Rican embassy last week and they stated the school is listed by CONSEJO NACIONAL DE ENSEÑANZA SUPERIOR UNIVERSITARIA PRIVADA. (CONESUP) so it is recognized by the govt'. Howvever this is only at the bachelor and master's level in limited areas. They have an international doctoral program for 18 thousand + dollars that apparently has no goverment authorization. Website:
http://www.unem.edu/
This isn't mentioned on their website where they post gov't recognition.
"Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica received approval of its charter from the Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Universitaria Privada (CONESUP) of the Costa Rican Ministry of Education, during Session number 336-97 which met on 5 November 1997.
UNEM is listed with the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) International Association of Universities' World List of Universities and International Handbook of Universities and other international directories. "

So given this doctoral program is not GAAP, and expensive- avoid.
The Costa Rican embassy, itself, was uncertain about the status of the doctoral program and agreed no doctoral authorization was given by CONESUP.
Given that most Costa Rican Universities cost under 200 dollars a semester the school is expensive even for a "private " school.

 

Thanks for all the input on the University.

Regards,

jek2839

 

It is recognized, accredited and UNESCO IAU Handbook listed. I verified this personally.

 

If you look at sandra's posting history it seems clear that she's only interested in promoting degree mills.

 

So can you prove that UNEM is a degree mill?

 

UNEM is still around.
It is also still farming off its accreditation to other 'colleges'.

 

Yes, you are right. I don't understand why some people are not allowing newbies to discuss anything.

 

No one "disallowed" you from discussing anything. That's why you still have the ability to post here. "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." The moderator pointed out that it seems odd for a new poster to confine her posts entirely to threads regarding schools with unclear accreditation. (The one meager post re IT certs was made after Kismet's comment.) Feel free to continue to post but be aware that there is a lot of sensitivity on these forums against diploma mills.

 

Hi

As Lukeness said, UNEM is still around. However, I don't think the school has reported the graduation of any students to the Costa Rican Government since 2007. Also the school is in disrepute for farming out its approval (to European-American U. - a mill - and other low-standard schools). For some time past, CONESUP has approved UNEM to offer only three degrees: A B.A. in Business, a B.A in Accounting and an MBA. UNEM has been "approving" all sorts of other degrees from schools outside Costa Rica and apparently, CONESUP can't do much about what UNEM does outside the country.

UNEM is a CONESUP member, but not a member of SINAES, Costa Rica's official accrediting organization. The school appears to have lost its former reputation entirely. As far as the UNESCO listing goes, being listed in that book signifies little more than that the school existed at the time of writing. It has been proven time and again that the listing has nothing to do with quality or rating. As many readers here already know, listing is no guarantee of the school's actually having degree-granting authority. In the past, some real steaming piles of manure have been known to fight their way in!

I am indebted to Degreediscussion for a lot of the info on this school. Extensive threads over there - both proponents and detractors - some very well-informed.

Johann

 

So it is legal, recognized and accredited. But the quality is not comparable to other schools. Right?

 

SOME of it's programs are accredited. Others may be legal but not, strictly speaking, accredited.
It is also difficult to compare the quality since many of the so-called UNEM degrees are not for courses completed through them.

 

UNEM is not accredited as are mainstream Costa Rican Uni's. Not SINAES member. Only approved to offer 3 degrees and none outside the country. Its offshore approval of other (or any) degrees is (as I see it) not strictly legal, although CONESUP can complain but not send them to jail. Recognized - yeah, as a bad, rogue kind of place.

I don't see how any of these 3 adjectives really apply.

Johann