Comers now Washington DC Foundation for Professional Studies

What on earth is going on here. I can't get a handle on this at all. Who are they and what on earth are they doing? Harvard doctorates? 45 days? $6,000? Advertising in USA Today. Thoughts welcome.

Foundation for Professional Studies | Washington, DC 20004

 

My guess is, you send them a fee, you give them a breakdown of your professional history, they send you some pathetic coursework, you complete it, and they send you a fake degree with one of those prestigious institution's names on it.

 

They are legit, I have earned my Doctorate degree there. The diploma reads as that I have completed my Doctorate degree through RETARVARD UNIVERSITY. :lew:

Just another scam, it needs to be exploited for justice.

 

So, I just received a school catalog from WFPS, and they supposedly set you up with a mentor and then you complete coursework that was crafted around Ivy League School curriculum (yeah, right).

And now for the millish speak straight from the school catalog:

Accreditation Executive Summary

"...the (U.S. Department of Education) makes no distinction between accreditation bodies, giving all equal standing." (From Wikipedia)

1. Accreditation and authority to operate are widely misunderstood by members of the public. This confusion is exacerbated by functionaries of the traditional system who misrepresent the facts in order to retain their control, power and access to public money. Most of all, state government officials and people who oppose freedom of education are opposed to nontraditional alternatives to the existing system.
2. Accreditation in the United States is NOT a function of either the state or federal governments.
3. Authority to operate is a function of state governments, not the federal government.
4. The states vary widely in the extent to which they either do or don't regulate private institutions of higher education.
5. Some states DO NOT REGULATE private institutions of higher education at all.
6. The federal government is constitutionally prohibited from regulating private higher education in the states.
7. The public can easily protect itself with relatively simple inquiries into the credentials of an educational institution and its graduates. The public does not need "big brother" to think for it.
8. WFPS is accredited by the U .S. Commission for Higher Education Accreditation (USCHEA).

 

Interestingly enough, WFPS is not listed as one of USCHEA's accredited institutions at its pathetic, incomplete website:

Institutions - A WebsiteBuilder Website

So these clowns are basically using prestigious names and a fake accreditation body as a draw to their incredibly high-priced scam.

 

That's a nice little tactic. Instead of putting "Council" they put "Commission". That's probably going to trip a few people up.

 

Disclaimer...I'm not a scammer lol.

From their standpoint I see why it makes sense to use legit Harvard links. Chances are that when some who is already knee deep into the scam clicks on the link they are probably going to think, "Wow, they are really partnered up with Harvard, etc..."

 

I love how they blend the most prestigious schools and bogus schools together. I have never heard of Dartmouth University in Canada, Oxford University in America, Regus University. I think they miss University of Cambridge in Massachusetts, Cambridge, MA, USA.

 

Perhaps they aren't very imaginative when it comes to making up school names.

The "Regus" name is primarily associated with temporary office facilities -- like the Regus Carlyle Crescent facility, which is located at 1940 Duke Street, 2nd Floor, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Which coincidentally just happens to be the same address as the Washington DC Foundation for Professional Studies.

 

Is this "Snell-o-Vision?"

Nice catch, CalDog! I think "Regus University" may be a critter of long-established serial mill-operator Leslie Snell. I noticed similarities with Regus in this "Washington" school's blurb. The hyperbole, anti-establishment stance, "forced alliances" with good schools. The curriculum is even similar - emphasis on law and business (much on negotiation and ADR) and Positive Psychology.

This could be someone other than Mr. Snell, but if it is -- I'll eat my Juris Diplomate diploma (Inside joke.) His best-known uh--"school" was Monticello University q.v. Monticello University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Moron --oops, I mean more on - him here: http://www.degreeinfo.com/accreditation-discussions-ra-detc-state-approval-unaccredited-schools/31997-american-college-positive-psychology.html - check out the link in the last posting...

Johann

 

Uhhhh ohhh. The framework is beginning to unravel. Guess we have another school that will be sending threats same time next year. Lol

 

Yeah - a whole contingent of "Board Certified Juris Diplomates" (yuk-yuk) might march to DI and unleash a humongous load of uh...something or other, I guess.

Johann

 

Not nearly as ridiculous as the Antonius saga, with some people believing (or pretending to believe) the situation was real and confusing mythical "Dr. Silly Bugger" with "Dr. Billy Sugger" etc. That sad thread was mercifully shut down due to multiple bouts of extreme dumbness - which, I hope, were more simulated than real.

I'll let him tell us, but I think Dr. Bear may be "stirring" in a genteel, friendly sort of way. He probably knows darn well who's behind it and all the details - and posted it as he is curious to see "what crawls out of the woodwork."

Where did Dr. Bear come across it? Again, I'll let him tell us, but he did say that they advertise in USA Today. My guess is, he may have spied it in the paper over his morning coffee -- and known EXACTLY what it was...I'm sure he's smiling right now!

Good one, Dr. Bear!

Johann