Brenden Tempest Mogg's PhD thesis was about Warnborough College (University)

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  1. George Brown

    George Brown Active Member

    I found a very interesting title when doing a keyword search for 'degree mill' in Google Scholar today - Brenden Tempest Mogg's PhD thesis from George Washington University

    See http://tinyurl.com/8e8aw

    I have ordered a copy from my library and look forward to reading it. It shouldn't take very long to get through - it looks like it's only 99 pages.

    Cheers,

    George
     
  2. George Brown

    George Brown Active Member

    It appears the TinyURL link will not work with the library database, so here is the full citation:

    Author: Tempest-Mogg, Brenden Dayne.
    Educational Leadership.

    Title: A case of Warnborough College : the American college in Oxford, England / Brenden Dayne Tempest-Mogg.

    Number of Pages: 99 leaves :

    Accession Number: (OCoLC)24532048

    Notes: Typescript.
    School of Education and Human Development. Educational
    Leadership Dept.
    Directed by: Joseph A. Greenberg.
    Library also holds microform of typescript.
    Thesis (Ed. D.)--George Washington University, 1990.
    Includes bibliographical references.
     
  3. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

    I notice that if you search for "degree mill" at scholar.google.com, two of the top three results are authored by one G. Brown.

    So much for the credibility of Google Scholar. :D
     
  4. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    OK. Somebody help: why is Tempest Mogg's name ringing a bell?
     
  5. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    Is there an abstract?

    Just writing an account of Warnborough is a pretty nebulous dissertation topic. (Though it might be very interesting to us.) So was this guy using Warnborough as an example of something of broader interest to higher education?
     
  6. tcnixon

    tcnixon Active Member


    He is the president of Warnborough University. From Bears' Guide (15th ed.):

    Formerly known as Warnborough College, this school offers residential and nonresidential degrees in liberal arts, scientific studies, and professional studies. In 1996, it was rocked by scandal for giving the impression that it was a degree-awarding part of Oxford University. Up to its ears in lawsuits, debts, fines, and bad press, Warnborough College disappeared from its home in Oxford, emerging in London as Warnborough University. In email, Vice-President Julian Ng informed us that “Until the early 1990's degree-granting authority came from the Educational Licensure Commission in Washington D.C.” There is an entity by this name, but its activities are limited to postsecondary educational institutions that are actually operating in the District of Columbia. In 1997, they incorporated as Warnborough University in Ireland. The Irish government wrote to us that Warnborough is not empowered by the government to grant degrees; Mr Ng states that “its authority to grant degrees is contained within its incorporated charter.” They grant degrees, it would seem, because of the authority they have given themselves. Mr. Ng also said that Warnborough “is not an Irish, British or American university, and it does not award UK degrees.”



    Tom Nixon
     
  7. Jack Tracey

    Jack Tracey New Member

    If I might be allowed to rephrase, they sell cotton-candy.
    Jack
     
  8. tcnixon

    tcnixon Active Member

    And the first one when I did it was Steve Levicoff's NIFI criteria.




    Tom Nixon
     
  9. George Brown

    George Brown Active Member

    Never heard of him - he must be an imposter and/ or shill.

    Cheers,

    George
     
  10. George Brown

    George Brown Active Member

    No, no abstract unfortunately. I am looking forward to obtaining a copy - it should make for fascinating reading.

    Cheers,

    George
     
  11. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Thanks, Tom. Ng I remembered, but not Mogg.
     
  12. PJFrench

    PJFrench member

    The abstract IS the thesis isn't it?
     

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