uk.ac seems to indicate British universities .ac means Ascencion Islands where many mills seem to have registered a website. Early in the game many unaccredited schools got .edu names and these are grandfathered.
Dennis, Thanks. I found a site explaining the .edu policy - i.e. only for USDOE accredited instituitions. The reason I posed this question is that St. Regis (I hate to give them any more time on this board) just changed their website name from www.saintregisedu.org (notice the placement of the 'edu') to www.saintregisuniversity.ac. Further confirmation - bonafide degree/diploma mill.
Historically, Britain was backwards: Joe Blow using the Phoenix computer at the University of Cambridge would have the e-mail address "[email protected]". According to the modern convention, that's "[email protected]".
Sorry mate, but this statement is entirely inaccurate. There are mills galore with the .edu domain. Be afraid, be very afraid!!! Cheers, George
Re: Re: Website Domains Very true. For years, there was very little checking up when an insitution applied for an .edu domain. Consequently quite a few were issued to institutions that were somewhat less than legitimate. Until recently, community colleges were not supposed to be issued .edu domains (although many slipped by as well). Since EDUCAUSE took over, community colleges were given full access to .edu. Tony Piña Faculty, College of Education CSU San Bernardino
