Anyone know Mayfield University?

I'm curious if anyone knows more info about Mayfield University? I checked their site and it looks flashy, but I wasn't able to easily pull any forum posts on DI about this university.

I'm just wondering if their degree would hold merit in the U.S., in particular if it would merit the same weight as a regional degree in the U.S. The website posts an accreditation of "CADLA" which states:

CADLA is an internationally recognized accreditation body. It provides regional accreditation to Online Universities operation in the Central American region. For decades, CADLA is working with several educational institutions, corporations, professionals and qualified individuals to enhance the standards of education for students and working adults in Central America.

Hopefully Dr. Bear will know more about this organization.


Link: Mayfield Online University Offers Flexible Degree Programs

 

It's a Rochville University clone, like Hadley, Hansford, Glenford, McMillan, Gordon Brown, Wollington University,to mention but a few of them. It's not recognized and neither is CADLA.

 

I hear they have great ice cream in the university cafeteria! :lmao:

 

The list of faculty with stock photos, that shows me they are professional web designer.
URL: University Faculty - Mayfield University

 

Mayfield University and Must University Are Scams | Revolutionary Paideia

 

Try this little experiment -- go to the slick, professional-looking Mayfield University website, and see if you can find one simple piece of information: where they are located.

Can you determine their city? Their country? How about their continent?

If you give them your money, and are dissatisfied with the results, who are you going to complain to? Whose jurisdiction are they under?

 

For that matter, can you figure out where CADLA is located ?
Do they have a mailing address? How about a phone number ?
Since they serve Central America, is their website available in Spanish ?

 

Wally and the Beav went there. Eddie had to go to Mayfield CC, though.

 

What irks me is how the mills can so easily buy "CNN I-reports." They're just ads, of course, but look as if they have some official CNN-bestowed validity. That's nonsense! Of course you aren't buying a "degree" authorized by Wolf Blitzer or Anderson Cooper, but there are a few people who might not realize that!

Mayfield's "I-report" shows them ranked in the top 5 universities of the world. Maybe I should shell out a few bucks for an "I-report" that says I'm in the top 5 list of eligible billionaires - and see what it does for my romantic life! ... At my age (71) I might get killed in the stampede, or preferably later... and how would they ever get the grin off my face? :smile:

Johann

 

Don't take a CADLA-accredited geography course! According to them, Syria is in Central America. Right next to Honduras, I note!
Sí. Se habla español en Aleppo, Homs y Tegucigalpa. :sad:

Johann

 

I found a Facebook page for Mayfield that was part-Turkish, part English. It said Mayfield was also "accredited" by another outfit called the DLQAA (Distance Learning Quality Assurance Agency.) So it is -- I was able to dredge up signs of DLQAA "accreditation" for all individual Mayfield "schools" - every subject. The DLQAA is bogus, of course. It's very apparent from the site and it's listed among phony "accreditors" here:

List of Fake College Degree Accreditation Agencies | GetEducated.com

From what our knowledgeable friend Mbwa Shenzi said - and what I've seen -- it seems to me that Mayfield is probably yet another part of that well-known
$ 70-million-a-year operation headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan.

Usiku mwema. Lala salama. :smile:

Johann

 

You don't even have to buy them. Pretty much anybody can file a "CNN iReport" on pretty much anything. CNN says up front that they make no attempt to fact-check or verify the submissions. You could submit an iReport announcing the End of the World and CNN would post it. In fact, it's been done:

 

Thanks everyone... I felt that the website looked fishy. I was looking at their doctoral programs and they indicate there is only 9 courses necessary to take to earn the "degree". It seemed too good to be true.

 

That's 9 more than would be expected of such an operation.

 

Mayfield is accredited by CADLA and DLQAA, and by GACBE (Global Accreditation Council for Business Education), IACEP (International Accreditation Council of Engineering Professionals) and EABHE (European Accreditation Board of Higher Education). EABHE accredits Gibson, Branton, Riverwood, Parkfield etc, etc university, among others. 'tis Rochville alright. Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive...

 

LOL, ... It just needs to say: "No classes needed, your experience will grant your degree"

 

I have noticed distinct and somewhat dangerous improvements in the sites of these Karachi degree-mongers (and others of their ilk) over the last couple of years.

In times past, the mill-sites were quite shabby and a person with any reasonable knowledge of legitimate higher education in the U.S. (or most other countries) would usually dismiss them and surf onwards. Nowadays, many - like this one - are quite glib and slick - demonstrably good enough to make even some distinctly knowledgeable readers pause -- and maybe (if they are wise, like the OP) ask some questions in a forum. Sadly, due to this increased care in site-authoring, I have to believe there are also more people not asking questions than there once were... and signing up for milled degrees.

The mill-meisters have obviously upped their game. OK. Now we're upping ours...

Johann

 

Does that mean we're getting a "DegreeInfo Channel" on YouTube, like this one ?

 

No - we'd do better deploying Navy Seals against them. Obviously, the worse these schools are, the better they present themselves.

Johann

 

Thanks, Johann. I appreciate the complement, and I believe you're right. These websites are doing a better job of making us pause. I work in higher education, and while I'm familiar with U.S. higher education, I'm not familiar so much with foreign degrees and universities as much. I guess this is what made me question the validity of this "university". I'm glad that I made this post. Now others who want to investigate on DI can possibly find their answer about this "Cracker Jack Box" degree mill.