Before there was the large expose and shutdwn on Columbia State University many graduates with Ph.D.s from this institution were popping up on the net. I decided to do another quick search and although the web appearance of these degrees in use has gone down I did find a continued presence primarily at the Master's degree level at Community Colleges. CSU still lives on (some of these may have been reported in other threads): An ESL Coordinator at Edison Community College with a Columbia State University masters: http://www.edisonohio.edu/AllStaff.htm A librarian at Vanguard University with an M.S. from Columbia State University: http://www.vanguard.edu/catalog/pdf/administration_and_faculty.pdf A Nursing Lab Coordinator at Rockingham Community College with an M.S. from Columbia State University: http://www.rockinghamcc.edu/aboutrcc/facstaff/staff.html A Director of Instruction with a Columbia State University M.S. at Valdosta Technical College: http://www.valdosta.tec.ga.us/facstf/directory.asp At Chattanooga State University an Assistant Professor Communications/Broadcasting holds an M.S. from Columbia State University: http://www.chattanoogastate.edu/Business_Information/BusInfoSysFaculty.asp The Small Business development coordinator at SUNY Jefferson Community College with a B.S. from Columbia State University: http://www.sunyjefferson.edu/Directories/facultys_text.html John
In a previous position at a community college, I had the opportunity to serve on the hiring committees for several faculty and administrative positions. On more than one occassion, I had to alter HR staff that candidates that had passed the original screening actually had degrees from non-accredited schools (Columbia State, California Coast, Pacific Western, Newport, Kennedy-Western, etc.) After the revelation, the HR staff would always remove the candidate from consideration. I have worked for several colleges and universities, none of which would recognize a Columbia State degree. The exception to this would be community college adjunct faculty candidates who possessed RA bachelors and masters degrees and a non-RA doctorate (the masters was the required degree for community college teaching). If the person with the non-RA doctorate was hired, the school would not recognize the doctorate for the purpose of pay, promotion, seniority, etc. and would not refer to the faculty member in question as "Doctor". Tony Piña Faculty, Cal State U. San Bernardino
