Fairfax U = Good GAAP School?

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  1. RJT

    RJT New Member

    What's the opinion of Faifrax University, for evaluative experential degree programs. From their web site they seem to use GAAP evaluative criteria. Also John Bear was associated with them. I've seem posts before with no answers about Fairfax. Is this a politically charged topic?:rolleyes:

    Counting my MBA options.

    Remember me ... RJT
     
  2. triggersoft

    triggersoft New Member

  3. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member



    Has an impressive faculty list.

    The following is interesting:
    "The Doctor of Letters degree of Fairfax University is an earned degree, but it requires no new work, and there is no supervision of the program."
     
  4. triggersoft

    triggersoft New Member

    ...besides, I couldn´t find a word about accreditation (so far), what looks kinda alarming for a Louisiana corporated university...
     
  5. RJT

    RJT New Member

    Which State?

    Yes.

    The Dr. of Letters Degree sounds as if it soley based upon experience.

    Does anyone have an idea what state Fairfax has received its Liscence from, to qualify as an approved state liscenced post secondary educational institution?

    Thanks,

    RJT
     
  6. Mike Albrecht

    Mike Albrecht New Member

    FRom DEEP inside the site-- and easy to overlook--


    What is the legal status of Fairfax University?

    Fairfax University was originally incorporated in 1986 as a not-for-profit degree-granting organization in the State of Louisiana (USA) and remains so incorporated. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America has officially recognized Fairfax University as a not-for-profit corporation. In the past few years the University has been seeking to widen its role. Part of its development plan as an international educational institution, is to widen its incorporation, accreditation and recognition status by legally incorporating in other jurisdictions so as to be able to continue, uninterrupted by inappropriate and outmoded state and central government-type systems of quality control and assessment, with our unique, relevant and high quality continuing education programs. The University is currently also legally incorporated in the states of South Dakota and Montana.

    Is Fairfax University Regionally Accredited in the United States?

    In the United States, the accreditation of colleges and universities is a voluntary and non-governmental process. The accreditation process per se has nothing to do with legal degree granting authority. All new colleges and universities in the USA must begin as unaccredited. It is strictly a matter of internal policy as to whether or not colleges decide to undertake the costly and time-consuming process of gaining regional accreditation. World-wide, there now seems to be an attempt by central and state
    governments to 'sanitize' educational programs and make them all conform to a more or less uniform pattern. 'Quality control' is usually given as the reason for adopting such an approach. Of course, there has to be some form of control over what educational organizations do for a number of reasons including, public confidence and to combat educational fraudsters and those who would seek to virtually 'sell' qualifications. However, the history of education is littered with endless examples of 'alternative' and 'complimentary' ways of approaching the way people learn at all levels of education. Every single time any kind of national curriculum, or process of evaluation, has been adopted in the last one hundred years, be it in schools or in higher education, it has failed, especially so in Europe - the birthplace of modern education in the West as we know it today.


    Hmmm :rolleyes: sounds familiar:p
     
  7. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Politically charged? Hardly. Just in case John doesn't chime in, he's made his role with Fairfax very clear. He was involved with setting it up and served as its president for all of four months. After a falling out with the other operators, John left. They later included him in some legal action against Columbia Pacific, but that was resolved years ago without any action towards John.
    (Apologies to John if I got something wrong.)

    I don't understand your use of "GAAP evaluative criteria." Fairfax does not meet any of the GAAP criteria. This means it is not recognized in a way that would generally consider it comparable to accredited institutions. It was and is an unaccredited, state-licensed school with no outside evaluation.
     
  8. RFValve

    RFValve Well-Known Member

    It is not accredited, however, I know of one faculty member at a RA school teaching with a DBA and a MBA from Fairfax. He had a good experience with them and the degree worked for him, but I would consider them low in my list. If you have a degree from KW, you should look for some flexible but accredited MBA from schools like Jones International, Capella or Touro, I'm sure they will be more "open" to take a "state approved" degree. North central is state approved but it is in the accreditation track so I'm sure they will be flexible to accept someone with a degree from KW.

    Good luck
     
  9. DaveHayden

    DaveHayden New Member

    Actually Northcentral seems to be really tough on admissions criteria right now, probably because of the accreditation process. Heriot Watt would also be a great choice.
     
  10. There are so many options for an MBA -- many that are far better known, many that provide much more information online and in print.

    Fairfax seems to be largely in the state of uncertainty these days.

    The current contact information on the Web site says that “The University is legally incorporated in the states of Louisiana, South Dakota, and Montana (USA) and maintains its School of Theology and Religious Studies in Louisiana” -- with all correspondence handled by the International Administration Office in Louisiana.
     
  11. tcnixon

    tcnixon Active Member

    While this statement is certainly true, classifying Fairfax University as "new" is beyond a stretch of the imagination.

    They seem to use the same accreditation language as schools of similar quality and legitimacy.


    Tom Nixon
     

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