The main page suggests the site is offline, but you can still get in through http://www.grantuniv.com/degree_programs.html There are some interesting programs.
Funny thing. They offer degrees in all 50 states except Pennsylvania and Mississippi. And they're located in Clinton, Mississippi. Haven't we heard this kind of thing before?
When I dial the 7-digit tollfree number given on the website, the recording says, "You have reached an invalid extension. Please hang up and call again." WhoIs lists Dr. Charles Middlestead as the person in charge. And this Grant University link http://www.grantuniv.com/cap_hu_link.html takes one to the Pennsylvania Civil Air Patrol, where Major Doctor Middlestead is a health education offier.
It appears Dr. Middlestead is a psychologist and practices in Lewistown Pa. I found a web address on http://www.grantuniv.com/cap_hu_link.html Where they list his Email address. The actual web address is http://www.middlestead.org/ It appears Dr. Middlestead is cliaming a Ph D. from the University of Maryland. http://www.middlestead.org/about.html Also am I the only one who finds it odd that they have a picture qith a guy on the telephone and a caption saying" do you have a question" and when you click on it, the link tells you to mail your questions.
I havle aslo found they list a bogus accrediation creditial http://www.grantuniv.com/provisional_accred.html Which I then checked the "accrediating body web site and came up with no physical address and the same annoying picture of the guy on the phone asking "do you have a question".I then clicked on accrediated bodies and no institutions are listed. Seems like Grant started their own accrediating body as well.
And they violate rule #1 of running both a school and an accreditor: Make sure the source code doesn't show that the websites were both made using the same software, in this case Yahoo Sitebuilder. Looking at both sites, it's clear they were made by the same folks. Tom Nixon
Maybe I'm naive, but I'm amazed that Psychology Today would accept their ads. I know PT isn't a scholarly journal, but still...
Jugador Maybe I'm naive, but I'm amazed that Psychology Today would accept their ads. I know PT isn't a scholarly journal, but still... John Bear Sadly I stopped being amazed years ago. I've pointed it out to them, and dozens of other publications (including Time, Newsweek, Utne Reader, USA Today, The Economist, etc. etc. etc.) for years, but almost no one cares. The only publications that adopted a sensible policy have been the Wall Street Journal, Discover, and an airline magazine that insists on being anonymous for fear of retribution by litigious schools.
20+ years ago, I knew the then-editor of Psychology Today, T George Harris, who felt, as many enlightened editors used to, that the same editorial policy should apply to articles and advertisers. They screened ads just as they screened articles as being appropriate for the readers. Then a big lumber company bought the magazine and Harris and those policies were gone. (His first name, incidentally, was T). When the Economist was running ads for Columbia State, and its 27-day doctorates, I attempted to place an ad warning people about fake schools (and encouraging them to buy my book). The Economist rejected my ad, because they said they don't accept ads that criticize their advertisers. So discouraging.
Well, hang in their Dr. Bear. I know I will ruffle some feathers here, but too many of us are guilty of encouraging you to keep working on the problem while we ourselves merely pontificate about what must be. The fact is it's the responsibility of ALL OF US to do something about this. My letter to the editor of Psychology Today will be written and mailed tonight.
