In Hong Kong, there is some promotion on the MBA and DBA program of American Central University. They said that they have no campus at USA, only an online University. Any advise?
It is unaccredited and licensed to operate in Wyoming. Wyoming is one of the worst states in the USA for allowing diploma mills to operate. There are very lax laws and the license means nothing in regard to academic rigor and it being a real school rather than a diploma mill.
ADVISORY COUNCIL http://www.acusa.net/advisory.php Dr. Adalat Khan brings a rich and diversified experience in the field of distance education. His academic education includes an LLB (Law) degree from Karachi University, MBA from Peshawar University, Pakistan, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from the American University, Hawaii. Dr. Khan was operating American University of Hawaii from a small town in IPOH, MALAYSIA through MINA INSTITUTE. American City of Hawaii was shut down by Stae of Hawaii after which Dr. Khan somehow managed to start a new diploma mill in Wyoming though "AMERICAN CENTRAL UNIVERSITY". Peter Chin
Yes, totally bogus. Stay away from it. They used to advertise independently in Hong Kong but recently they seemed to have advertised (in a very low-profile manner) through another agent called Hopkins, which is a legit agent for some good DL courses for the following universities: Columbia Southern University Michigan State University George Washington University University of Adelaide University of California – Riverside University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth University of Northern Iowa Not sure if Hopkins knows of this American Central problem but if the ad was an independent one then probably they also have stayed away from this Amercian Central too.
O...really?? I saw the ads by International Management Association . Very interesting! The 1st liscensed US DBA in Hong Kong! haha...
Check this article: "Tie to illegal degrees doesn't block Wyo. school licensing" - http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt Wyoming licensed a Laramie-based online school last year even as its owner helped direct a Hawaii online school that was offering illegal medical degrees and was later shut down by a judge. The owner of American Central University, Adalat Khan, was the Malaysian regional director for American University of Hawaii, a fact that Wyoming education officials concede they overlooked in the documents Khan provided on his background. As a result, nearly eight months into an ultimately successful lawsuit filed by Hawaii's Office of Consumer Protection to get American University of Hawaii shut down, the Wyoming officials offered no objection when the Wyoming Board of Education unanimously licensed American Central in April. . . (sniped) . . . "The whole thing is in legal turmoil," said Phil Kautz, the department's private school licensing manager, of American Central's status now. . . (sniped) . . . Khan runs a school in Perak, Malaysia, called the Mina Management Institute. For a time, American Central and American University of Hawaii were listed next to each other on the Mina Management Institute Web site as "distinguished partners" of the institute. Hawaii's Office of Consumer Protection sued American University of Hawaii in August 2003, alleging it illegally offered medical degrees. A judge ordered the school shut down in January. Because Wyoming requires private schools to disclose whether any of their officials has ever had a license suspended, revoked or not renewed, Education Department officials say Khan may have been required to tell them he worked for American University of Hawaii. Khan was certainly required to open up about his work with American University of Hawaii after the judge closed the school in January, according to Fred Hansen, the department's finance director and another of its private school licensing officials. "He should have disclosed," he said. But while Khan didn't mention American University of Hawaii in the department's licensing forms, he did say he was the school's Malaysian regional director in the third sentence of a career summary he provided to the department. "I'm not sure we caught that sentence," Hansen said. Khan also provided a copy of his 1999 doctorate in business administration from American University of Hawaii. ...
Is that very easy or low cost to operate a "University" in Wyoming?? It seems that many bogus U in this state!
Not sure if it's that easy to start a university there but licensed in Wyoming does not mean accredited. See this link about "Wyoming state-approved schools": http://www.k12.wy.us/ao/f/programs/psl/degree.html Cheers, KK
How about Newport International University ? It seems that they are very famous and sucess in Hong Kong. I don't how they can operate here~ It is unacredit too!
Dear Muji, Newport is also unaccredited too. In fact, way back in 1994/95 Newport was advertising quite heavily in Hong Kong and they used to maintain an office in North Point (I don't know if they still have an office in HK now). There are a number of other unaccredited universities operating in Hong Kong too at that time, including Dr. Maxine Asher's "well-known" American World University (around 1994 to 1998), California Management U, St George University International, Wisconsin International University etc. In addition to these unaccredited universities operating "on their own" via some local agents, there are some others who seemed to have managed to get those accredited universities in China to cooperate with them as well. For example, you can find "Washington InterContinental University" (see http://www.usawiuedu.com/) listing some Master's level courses with the legitimate Xi'an Jiaotong University (see http://www.xjtu.edu.cn/) in China. Maybe those people from WIU simply made up the course listings but it is also possible that even the Xi'an people don't know that WIU is unaccredited and so they cooperated with them... I really don't know what would happen if someone graduates from a program "jointly" offered by a legit and an unaccredited university. Chances are that the degree is still considered unaccredited. In fact after the Non-Local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance was passed in 1997 (or 1998?), even cases like these have gone "underground"... KK
Oh, while I was mentioning the Non-Local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance ... you can see that there is no NLHPE registration numbers there for both the Newport and the American Central courses... Even though the law says that they would not need an NLHPE registration number if they provide only in the DL mode, most of the courses you can find in HK do have this number... You can try by asking the local rep with American Central whether they conduct any local tutorial classes and then ask if they have this number... (oh, naughty again...) ;-) KK