Is it so Joe? I read in a newspaper that was being passed around at work today ( AP article), that the department of Ed in an effort to combat degree mills has opened a website/page that lists 6000+ RA colleges/universities, primarily intended to assist company HR folks and Govt agencies. Best, Gavin
By the looks of it, it also lists NA universities, although by the looks of it, it does not list those not located within the United States. Edit: It does list a few non-US states which I presume are either territories or dependencies.
...but not Ashworth College. It does, however, list PCDI. I would be rather upset at this if I were an Ashworth College student or graduate and listed such on a resume (I'm not a student there, but do have relatives who are). Then again, how many potential employers are really going to use this site? Dr. Douglas? Tony
For non-US accredited schools, and more importantly schools at which you can use Federal student aid go to: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/defaultmanagement/cdr.html It also lists the completion rates of students that have US Federal Aid and attend that school, very intersting. Obviously go to the search form and choose foreign schools. I'm here all week, remember to tip your waitress. Try the veal.
But too bad it's not an updated list, as most Ivy Universities and recently accredited by DETC schools are not in too (CCU etc..)
I just looked for Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth, and found all three. In fact, there as a peculiar abundance of Dartmouths. There was Dartmouth College in Hanover NH (the highly regarded ivy league school). There was a separate listing for Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover (I guess that I can understand that). But there was also a listing for Dartmouth University in Lebanon NH, accredited by something called the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., Accreditation Commission. I don't have a clue what that's about. Dartmouth doesn't have a divinity school as far as I know. I did a search for 'dartmouth university' on Dartmouth's website and didn't see any reference to this pastoral counseling school or whatever it is. But I did find this interesting tidbit that explains why Dartmouth is so determinedly Dartmouth College and not Dartmouth University. http://www.dartmouth.edu/home/about/history.html The Royal Governor of New Hampshire, John Wentworth, provided the land upon which Dartmouth would be built and on December 13, 1769, conveyed the charter from King George III establishing the College... In 1815, Dartmouth became the stage for a constitutional drama that had far-reaching effects. Claiming its 1769 charter invalid, the New Hampshire legislature established a separate governing body for the College and changed its name to Dartmouth University. The existing Trustees, under the leadership of President Francis Brown, challenged the action and insisted on the validity of the charter and Dartmouth's continuance as a private institution free of interference from the state. The case was argued in the United States Supreme Court by Daniel Webster, a graduate in the Class of 1801... The landmark decision handed down by Chief Justice John Marshall in February, 1819, affirmed the validity of the original charter. The Dartmouth College Case, as it has come to be known, is considered to be one of the most important and formative documents in United States constitutional history, strengthening the contract clause of the Constitution and thereby paving the way for all American private institutions to conduct their affairs in accordance with their charters and without interference from the state.
