French "registration" of degrees

: Several "unaccredited" universities claim they are an association designated by the French National Ministry of Education as a private institution of Higher Education by correspondence under the Law of 12 July 1875 and under the Decree of 25 January 1876 to offer higher education to national and international students.
Also they claim they are recognized by the Association Internationale des Educateurs la Paix Mondiale, a consultative organization to UNESCO.
"The French registration of our University may be helpful in gaining recognition of our degree in European and other countries that accept French registration of universities.
Does this 'registration" have any real worth in terms of degree acceptance?
Thanks for all responses.
Also I now see that the Oregon Office of Degree Authorization now is more bold in that they are labeling certain unaccredited Schools as Degree mills-something not done before.

 

Would you care to name these schools? Also, links to relevant text is nice.
Jack

 

This sounds like Adam Smith University.

http://www.adamsmith.edu/

 

Adam Smith University and St. Clements to name 2. www.adamsmith.edu
http://www.stclements.edu/Recog.htm

 

la belle France

From http://www.stclements.edu/Recog.htm:

It doesn't seem to say that St. Clements is recognized by france, only that it is WAUC-recognized, and there is another WAUC-recognized organization ("International School of Management" http://www.ism.edu/ ) that is said to be in France.

The ISM site describes its accreditation here: http://www.ism.edu/p_home.php.

Adam Smith, well... it's also claiming a base in Liberia and accreditation by the "Ministry of Education of the Republic of Liberia." That has been no guaranty of accuracy of self-presentation when found on other sites of organizations which offer degrees. So it's unclear to me if the French really did certify ASU, or certified it in the fashion that one might expect based on a reading of the (English) ASU site.

G

 

Good call uncle! I'll bet you're hard to beat when it comes to crossword puzzles.

Jack

 

A search on Adam Smith University will reveal many shenanigans: nonexistent "charter" from NMI, peregrinations from state to state as laws tightened, the fabled 29,000 volume library, etc.

Amid all the uproar over SRU and Liberia, I don't think anybody has ever verified (or debunked) ASU's claim to Liberian accreditation. I tried once, but the fellow I talked to at the embassy in DC was an NBOE flack who immediately tried to steer me to St Regis, and when that failed, wouldn't talk to me on the phone anymore.

I noticed that more names have been added recently to the list of international representatives on the ASU website.