Collegium Augustinianum

What is Collegium Augustinianum? It has a Wikipedia article and website, but neither state if it is accredited?

 

I would dare to guess that if it doesn't state that it's accredited then it is not.

 

Here is a picture of the Collegium Augustinianum Orlando campus.

Here is a picture of the DaVinci Rent-an-Office facility in Orlando.

Here is the official list of accredited US schools, as published by the US Dept. of Education. Doesn't seem to include "Collegium Augustinianum".

 

No - they're not accredited. What a self-laudatory site, with its talk of European academic traditions, research degrees, eminent visiting scholars... oh, my! Perhaps the bafflegab is to make us think the school is miles above anything as mundane as accreditation.

This school points out that its degrees are recognized by the Graduate Theological Foundation. I don't doubt it. Both are unaccredited and appear similarly pretentious. Takes one to recognize one, I guess.

We have threads on Graduate Theological Foundation going back a long way. I note Dr. Steve Levicoff made mention of GTF in his book, "Name it and Frame it" (1994). Here's a sample thread. Collegium Augustinium and GTS - two of a kind, as I see it.

http://www.degreeinfo.com/accreditation-discussions-ra-detc-state-approval-unaccredited-schools/18905-once-all-graduate-theological-foundation.html

I've heard the diplomas look nice, though. :smile:

Johann

 

If one studies hard, may one graduate magna fraude?

 

Good one, Rich. I'd say yes, definitely. However, I think correct Latin would be magno cum dolo - with great fraud or deceit. I like your version better. :smile: Almost makes me wish I hadn't gone to school for Latin -- but I know so little else.

Avec grande fraude should work in French, though. I'll ask the folks at Ecole Supérieure Robert de Sorbon sometime. They'd know! :smile:

Johann

 

PS - For Rich. IIRC Sheila, Our Lady of MIGS has a de Sorbon uh-Doctorate. I think she might also have another from UNEM in Costa Rica. Yep - a Doctorado en Educacion. Oh my...

Johann

 

I didn't know about her connection to Empresarial. Makes sense, since it was the forerunner of MIGS and used the same rent-a-degree-authority process.

 

What the hell is a Ph.B? I've never seen a bachelor of philosophy listed this way.:eek5:

I can definitely see this conversation taking place.

Employer: So I see you have a doctorate in philosophy?

Me: no I don't.

Employer: hmm. Your vita lists a Ph.D. degree, is that a mistake?

Me: nope, just a small typo, I keep messing with the D and the B, is so confusing really. However, I do have a Ph.B.

Employer: What in the world is a Ph.B? :eek5:

Me: (proudly) is a bachelor of philosophy.

Employer: hmm, we'll get back to you.

 

For UNEM, I'd call it "invent-a-degree," rather than "rent-a-degree." IIRC, the school is authorized to offer three specific degrees (two bachelors and a master) in Costa Rica and precisely NONE outside Costa Rica.

Not only does Sheila list the UNEM doctorado on her web-page, but she's adjunct faculty at UNEM, according to this site:

Sheila Danzig | Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica - Academia.edu

Johann

 

I think it's a legit way -- but I'll agree it's unusual - at least in the U.S.

Philosophiae baccalaureus or something like that, I guess. "Stupid Latin word-order tricks" as David Letterman might phrase it. I've seen legit Canadian Pharmacy degrees back-to-front like this, too. And of course the LL.B. law degree follows the same format. We're no strangers to doing things backwards, in Canada. :smile:

Yes - this Wiki with a history of the Bachelor of Philosophy degree lists Ph. B. as one of the proper abbreviations. Surprise, surprise!

Bachelor of Philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Johann

 

Oops, I take back my previous comment. Apparently Ph.B is used as a bachelor designator. I didn't know. I bet is not that common.

 

In the US, the undergraduate degree is typically named as the "Bachelor of X", abbreviated as "B.X." But some schools -- notably Harvard -- use the reverse order:

Some other schools that issue A.B. degrees (as opposed to B.A. degrees) include Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Princeton, and Dartmouth. There are probably others. I understand that in practice, graduates of such schools often prefer to refer to their degree a B.A., because the A.B. is unfamiliar to many people and can be confused with an associate's degree.

In theory, I suppose a school that offered a "Bachelor's of Philosophy" degree could justify calling it a "Ph.B". But in practice, the potential for confusion with the "Ph.D." is obvious, and so I would be surprised if any accredited US school currently does this.

 

Similarly, D. Phil. and Ph.D. are both legitimate academic titles. And, like the Ph. B., I doubt you'll see many D. Phil. degrees conferred by an accredited school this side of the pond.

BTW - the Ph.D. is another instance of backwards Latin word order - Philosophiae Doctor. whereas the D. Phil. abbreviation works fine in English. MD - Medicinae Doctor - same thing but that is used in the US. Confused yet? :smile:

Ph.D., D. Phil ...and then, there's Dr. Phil. --- :smile:

Johann, Nihili Doctor (Doctor of Nothing). I don't use the N.D. - I'm not a Naturopathic doc. :smile:

 

And how's this for more confusion - Doctor of Philology?

Usually, in North America, a doctoral degree in philology is a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Philology. Not so, everywhere. In other lands, there exists a specific Doctor of Philology degree, e.g. the ones earned by the scholars listed on this Ukrainian page.

Leading Scholars – Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the NAS of Ukraine

Johann

 

...........................:haha:

 

K

Thanks for the info, and you are right. I now have a headache. :grumble::shocked:

 

Perhaps I should use the term favoured by a long-time degree-mill expert. He used it for those claiming "doctorates" from spooflicate sources. It was nDr. (Non-Doctor). It certainly lessened the confusion and shone the light on deserving people...

Perhaps I can usurp it, just for today - but only to show I lack both real and phony doctorates. :smile:

nDr. Johann

 

From time I think of the fake doctor the FBI once busted, whose business card said, "John Smith, BA, MD" -- and what that meant was that he had a Bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.