Time bomb in Australia--Pacific Western doctorate

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  1. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    http://thecouriermail.com.au report.
    Academic stripped of doctoral title
    Joel Dullroy, education reporter
    06 January 2004

    A LECTURER from the University of Southern Queensland has been banned from using the title of Doctor after it was discovered his PhD was purchased from an unaccredited offshore university.

    William Bittel, an academic in the USQ Faculty of Education, has for 13 years listed in his credentials a doctorate from Pacific Western University.

    Pacific Western, in Hawaii, sells PhDs for $US5400 ($7100), but is not recognised by the US Government as a legitimate university.

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  2. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Somehow I don't think it mattered whether he took his doctorate from the Hawaiian PWU or the Californian one. ;)
     

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