Need more info on American Capital University.

Hi all, my name is Jonathan and would like to find out more on American Capital University. As one of my employee submitted his transcript to me but I never come across this school. After a search from Google, the page shown was "Coming Soon!". However, it seems to be a liscened school. Thanks in advance.

 

Well they are listed here:http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.html

 

you'll need more information...

Youll probably need more information about ACU to resolve the issue. There was a St. Regis affiliate school (that makes it a flat-out diploima mill) called "American Capital University" that claimed to be Liberian."

There also was an "American Capital University" that was licensed (not accredited) by Wyoming: see http://www.k12.wy.us/ao/f/programs/psl/degree.html for their coordinates. (It looks to have disappeared from the web, but Google's cahing feature still provides acces to some of its pages.) Possession of a Wyoming license is not a reliable indication of quality.

Here is a link to a Seattle Times instantiation of a story by Mead Gruver (AP reporter based in Wyoming) about ACU titled Alleged "diploma mills" flocking to Wyoming.

 

Please pay no heed to licensure. Since all schools have to be licensed, it has no meaning as a standard. Licensing requirements vary widely, but ultimately don't matter because....

Higher education in the U.S. is made up of schools accredited by one or more recognized agencies. There are a tiny number of exceptional schools that, while not accredited, enjoy recognition anyway. But a few exceptions do not invalidate the rule.

The school in question, regardless of which version it is, is not accredited. In fact, it likely doesn't exist at all. Degrees and credits awarded by such an entity will not be recognized by any competent educational authority. This should be your guide.

If you choose to make an exception, be sure you're doing it because the person truly has received a comparable education. But how will you do that?

The person in question does not have a degree--he or she has papers that suppose such. This isn't the same thing.