Comes now International University for Advanced Studies

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  1. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    A search here suggests this is a new one, although a school name with five almost generic words makes searching difficult.

    http://www.internationaluniversityforadvancedstudies.com

    Headquarters in the Bahamas, at an address that turns out to be the Graham Thompson law firm, apparently a places that registered corporations for people.

    Campus in London, Ontario turns out to be the address of the Institute for Nutritional Medicine. Different phone, same fax.

    The newly-appointed president is Norman Pearson, Ph.D., D.B.A., Ph.D., who just served very briefly as the president of Greenwich University.

    Most of the links on the website are not working at this time.

    The name, I believe, is identical to the school started by Richard Crews, M.D., longtime president of Columbia Pacific University. Rather than existing in a lawyer's office, it ostensibly existed on a seamount near Honduras. But I doubt very much it is the same institution.
     
  2. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    This just in. The only other administrator on the International University (etc.) website besides Norman Pearson is Marjorie Fishman. Until very recently, a person of that name was the lone employee of Greenwich University in Hilo, Hawaii.
     
  3. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

  4. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    John Bear writes:

    > Campus in London, Ontario turns out to be the address of
    > the Institute for Nutritional Medicine. Different phone, same fax.


    The INM is one of the divisions of the IUAS. Says so at http://www.internationaluniversityforadvancedstudies.com/admin-collegesandinstitutes.html
    "Beaurocratic": government by the handsome? :D
    And they can't tell us the name of this State-approved University because -- ?

    What does the motto, studio illis spiritus, mean? "In study in them the spirit"? My Latin's rusty, but --
     
  5. Saud

    Saud New Member

  6. roysavia

    roysavia New Member

    Something stinks here -

    2081 Oxford St. E.
    London, Ont.
    N5V 2Z7
    CANADA

    I was in London, Ontario last year attending a housing conference on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. Oxford Street (both East and West) is a residential area. So that means the registrar's office is in someone's house. :confused:
     
  7. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    John Bear wrote:

    > I now note that Dr. Pearson also seems to be President of
    > Greenleaf University in Canada.
    > (http://www.greenleaf.edu/President.htm)


    Dr Pearson seems to be in Canada. But Greenleaf University has headquarters at "3218 Delor Street, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 63111-1711; Phone, 1-610-997-0559", and "is licensed by the State of Missouri"
    (http://www.greenleaf.edu/aboutgu.html).

    In 1996, when John C. Buford was president of Greenleaf University (http://web.archive.org/web/19961127040725/greenleaf.edu/pubs/pres.html) and Pearson was just a "Full-Time Faculty Member" there, Pearson delivered the convocation address in St Louis for Greenleaf's first graduating class.
    (http://web.archive.org/web/19961127040736/greenleaf.edu/pubs/gradaddress.html)

    Greenleaf's Website doesn't mention IUAS, and IUAS's Website doesn't mention Greenleaf. Assuming they're separate institutions, Pearson would seem to have been promoted from "Full-Time Faculty Member" at Greenleaf to part-time president there. :rolleyes:
     
  8. Denver

    Denver Member

    John Bear writes:

    “…it ostensibly existed on a seamount near Honduras.”


    Why do locations for these schools always sound like the hideouts in Bond movies? It is only a matter of time before Dr. No starts a school.
     
  9. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Sure. Right after she quits Thabo's cabinet. (God speed the day...)
     
  10. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    In May 1998, on a "page last updated 2/24/98", Greenleaf's Website said: "Greenleaf is accredited by the Accreditation Commission International and the World Association of Universities and Colleges. Both of these accrediting bodies accredit international programs and the World Association is recognized by parts of the UN, governments (including in North America), and a number of employers (for reimbursement of tuition and other purposes). Greenleaf University is seeking regional accreditation."
    http://web.archive.org/web/19980503120838/greenleaf.edu/pubs/faq.html

    In September 1999, Greenleaf was still saying: "Greenleaf University is seeking regional accreditation."
    http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=7rrufd%245nu%241%40nnrp1.deja.com

    Greenleaf now says: "We do not have US accreditations. What is fascinating is that when we sought accreditation we discovered that those agencies have established criteria. Typically, for example, one agency has 26 criteria: 25 academic and 1 financial. We were easily able to meet all of the academic criteria. The final financial one was to have several million dollars in reserve funds. As a new University which puts all its reserves in to growth, we do not have such funds in reserve."
    http://www.greenleaf.edu/aboutgu.html

    And it took a school that specializes in teaching a "Doctor of Philosophy in Management Leadership and Administration" how long to figure that out? :rolleyes:
     
  11. Howard

    Howard New Member

    John,
    Is this the same Norman Pearson who was once with Capella? The same Dr. Pearson who had a dubious PhD?
     
  12. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Howard: Is this the same Norman Pearson who was once with Capella? The same Dr. Pearson who had a dubious PhD?

    Yes to the first. The only time I met him was when I spoke at the Capella graduation 3 or 4 years ago.

    As for the second: I believe one of his three doctorates is from the Pacific Western University that was in Canada (which is definitely not connected with the one in California/Hawaii). Don't know the source of the other two.

    From two Emails I've gotten from Greenwich students who were left stranded, it seems that Ms. Fishman, the secretary for Greenwich and now the secretary for IUAS, has the student records of Greenwich and may be communicating with such people.
     
  13. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    John Bear writes:

    > I believe one of his three doctorates is from the Pacific
    > Western University that was in Canada (which is definitely not
    > connected with the one in California/Hawaii). Don't know the
    > source of the other two.


    "B.A. from the University of Durham, in the United Kingdom"

    "Ph.D. equivalency from King's College, University of Durham, U.K."

    "Doctorate in Philosophy in the International Institute of Academic Studies (where I am currently a Fellow)" [No other references to this exact name on the Web. Pearson's Greenleaf bio more plausibly gives this as "International Institute for Advanced Studies, Clayton, Missouri". Dr Bear has written, "Pearson did his doctoral work through the International Institute for Advanced Studies when it was an unaccredited state-licensed school in Clayton, Missouri. In 1990, when Greenwich was established, IIAS became a part of Greenwich." Which leaves me wondering how Pearson can be "currently a Fellow".]

    "Doctorate in Business Administration in the Canada/Colorado Pacific Western University" [Dr Bear has written, "To the best of my knowledge the Pacific Western University in Canada never had any formal recognition."]

    "second Ph.D. in Management Research" from the California University for Advanced Studies [Pearson claims "Five years on the International Board of Directors of the California University for Advanced Studies", but is inconsistent about CUAS's name, actually writing "second Ph.D. in Management Research from the California University for Academic Studies". CUAS's address is variously given as Anselmo, CA, and Petaluma, CA. Dr Bear has written. "I was very surprised to see the reference here to Pearson's affiliation with California University for Advanced Studies. It was a California-authorized school owned on the record by George Ryan, a former undegreed employee of Columbia Pacific, and privately by the principal owner of Columbia Pacific. CUAS had its state authorization suddenly revoked. Ryan got permission from the state to let currently-enrolled students finish their degrees in one year. He collected some sizeable "completion fees" from quite a few students, closed down, and took the money and ran. Neither he nor the money ever turned up, and all those students were left without money or a degree. This is not a school one would normally wish to claim an affiliation with."]

    "All my dissertations have later been published as books and as articles in peer-reviewed professional journals."

    http://web.archive.org/web/19961127040736/greenleaf.edu/pubs/gradaddress.html
    http://www.greenleaf.edu/President.htm
    http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=958
     
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  14. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    To Uncle Janko: Thank you for your help with Libertas Discere. Can you throw any light on what studio illis spiritus might mean?
     
  15. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    The president of IUAS is now "Dale G. Henderson". Norman Pearson's name seems to be no longer on the Website.

    The previously unnamed "State-approved University (USA)" is now admitted to be Greenleaf.

    The Latin motto seems to be gone.

    The misspelling "beaurocratic" remains.
     
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  16. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    Dr Richard Evans writes:
     

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