Leibniz University

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  1. Daniel66

    Daniel66 New Member

    Hi guyz,

    does anyone know if Leibniz University in Nevada, or New mexico, and Italy (though it is unaccredited and considered as a Diploma Mill) is state approved or legally authorized to grant degrees???

    Please it is important for me to know that, not about me but about a friend of mine who "studied" there and now hi is really desperate because he thinks that his degree menas nothing.

    Thanx
    :D
     
  2. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Wow. Courses but no degrees. Degrees mentioned in concept but not specified. No faculty. No indication of a delivery method. Tuition refund policy but no tuition listed. No authority to award degrees listed. And so forth.

    This isn't real. Or it is incredibly incomplete.
     
  3. Daniel66

    Daniel66 New Member

    Yeah, just what I was thinking about, a completely mill, isnt'it?

    Poor little friend of mine, who spent money and time to obtain a degree as worth as toilet paper...

    Well, thanx Rich.
    :D
     
  4. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    If you already know that this thing is a diploma-mill, then what more do you need to know??

    Don't misunderstand American state post-secondary licensing. What these licenses mean is that a school's owner isn't putting himself into legal jeapardy when he awards degrees. The license doesn't mean that a degree has any academic credibility.

    In particular, a school's possessing a license doesn't give any kind of official status to whatever degrees it awards.
    He's probably correct.

    Leibniz University looks like it's perhaps being run by an Italian located in the Milan area.

    http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/B38/485

    I know for a fact that Leibniz University did not have a license to operate in New Mexico, when I happened to look at the NM licensed-school list a week or two ago. I don't know what Leibniz University's status is in Nevada. I'm guessing that it isn't licensed to operate there either.

    Here's Leibniz University's website

    http://www.leibnizuniversity.org/

    Here's the google search results for "leibniz university" without the words 'hannover' and 'hanover' (in order to reduce interference from the entirely legitimate Leibniz University of Hannover in Germany). It generated some 480 hits, but most of them concern the famous philosopher or the German university. There do seem to be a number of Europeans who are boasting doctorates from this seemingly-spurious pseudo-American thing.
     
  5. Daniel66

    Daniel66 New Member

    The matter is not about the possibility of using the Ph.D in Naturopathy tthat my friends ha sbeen awarded.
    In Italy naturopathy is not recognized and regulated as a professional license.

    The problem is that he is referring himself as "Dr."

    So, don't considering the academic meaning of a degree like that, neither if it is accredited, if the university is legally authorized to grant degrees, he can legally use the title of "Dr.", and this is what he desires.

    He "legally" work as a Naturopath because of an italian Dilpoma in Naturopathy, but he likes to be called Doctor.

    In Italy you can use an academic title only if you mention where you were awarded of that.
    He really refers himself as a "Doctor in Naturopathy, Leibniz University, New Mexico", so for the italian laws he should act pefectly legal.
    But If the University is not legally authorized to grant degrees, he cannot use the title he was awarded.
    That's a great difference, ins't it?

    I don't matter about him and his work, but i'm worried about the fact he could have some legal trouble, only this.
     
  6. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    I would tell your friend to stop calling himself "Doctor" before he really gets embarrassed.
     
  7. Daniel66

    Daniel66 New Member

    Yeah that's right, I think so.

    But I wanted him to read something reliable, my advices were not.
    :D
     
  8. Tom H.

    Tom H. New Member

    Embarrassed and potentially charged with a crime, depending upon the jurisdiction.
     

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