The International University Accrediting Association

Anyone ever heard of it?

 

Yes. You (or someone else) posted the url elsewhere. What do you want to know (that isn't already available on the website)?

Rich Douglas

 

Is it a legitimate accreditor?

 

Legitimate? Let's see....

IUAA is not recognized by the US Department of Education.

The website provides

--a PO Box address in Pasadena
--no information about the history or administration of this "organization"
--a graphic of a "certificate of accreditation" listing "Dr. Albert Moreno, Ph.D." as chairman and "Dr. Ralph A. Young, Ph.D" as director of accrediting
--a list by country of schools they claim to have fully accredited. The by-state list of U.S. schools includes the "International Theological University" in each state -- as well as many schools which would no doubt be surprised to find themselves on this list. (I *know* that Coe College and the U of Iowa haven't asked for accreditation from this entity.) ITU appears to be listed for each country as well.

Both accrediting.com and education-1.net (used by ITU) are registered to Chief Swift Eagle. ITU uses a different PO Box in the same city.

Chief Swift Eagle also has registered globaltradeconsortium.org. This "Global Trade Consortium" touts a Hermitage Summer 2001 Art Institute presented by the International University of Fundamental Studies in cooperation with (you guessed it) International Theological University and IUAA. It also seeks a sponsor "to buy out the entire 400 slots and then to redistribute" ... for $4.5 million. (Is that enough to build the time machine to go back to the beginning of summer 2001?)

In other words -- IUAA looks very much like the creation of one person, set up to make his other creations look like bigger deals.


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Kristin Evenson Hirst
DistanceLearn.About.com

 

This accreditor reminds me of those novelty items I've seen in catalogues: an engraved plaque entitled, "World's 10 Best Golfers," and they will include your name as one of the ten, along with Tiger Woods, David Duval, etc.

Chief Swift Eagle (who presumably types very fast) has produced a huge list of legitimate schools (and a few dozen clinkers), so that his own International Theological University can be listed, along with them, in every state and 198 countries.

To ITU's slogan "God is hiring," one might also add, "God is punishing."