This smells like a mill...anyone?

http://www.belforduniversity.org/

Backdated degrees....they even claim to be accredited.

the domain is registered to Marsha Marshall...operating out of:

8020 Blankenship dr.
Houston, TX. 77055
The phone number is not a Houston number....+1.6305624363

Isn't this illegal in Texas?

 

the call to make...

...is to David Linkletter, Texas Higher Ed Coordinating Board to se ewhat to do next.

If you have time, please do, and keep us posted!

cheers,
G

 

Both of the accrediting agencies that accredit this school accredit only about seven or eight schools. I wonder why. And did you check whether either of these accrediting agencies is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation www.chea.org or the United States Department of Education www.ed.gov ? I suspect not.

 

They guarantee delivery of your degree in ten days. That just might suggest that they are other than legitimate.

 

Maybe they're delivering curriculum a la "blipvert."

You know, "accelerated education for accelerated development," to quote a Minister of Education.

 

It looks very professionaly done but from the accredited body and the universities accredited by the accrediting agency looks alike. It even worse then WAUC accrediting body.

 

A 630 number is South Chicago suburbs.

 

Duck test....

 

what no FEDEX

Ten days????? What no FEDEX in Texas? I thought all of those commercials about FEDEX that reaches us, down here, were true......

 

Hope it comes soon!

Hope my medical degree comes in soon... I have a brain transplant scheduled for Thursday and the patient wants to look at my diploma....

 

And if the major you seek is not on their list, just type it in and they'll add it automatically.

Now that's service!

I always wanted a degree in Transpersonal Klingon Psychology



marilynd

 

BTW, galanga is right. This school is most definitely illegal in the state of Texas.

Now, the extent to which the understaffed THECB can do anything about . . . . well, we'll see.

marilynd

 

This is a nice feature:

AND look what you get for your money:

And to think I've been sweating out tuition all these years, when for less than the price of one couse . . .

 

Love this comparison they make with "other" universities:

-------------------------------------------
Belford University:

Fully accredited from a reputable
accrediting agency

Other
Universities:

Not accredited
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http://www.belforduniversity.org/university/why_uni.asp

What rubbish!

 

Its almost as if WE are the idiots...what with all the working, the paying, the getting nagged at by the wife, when all we had to do was call these guys...

 

No. Tick....tick....tick....tick....BOOM!

 

WOW...a bachelors, masters AND doctoral degree for only $1034!!! They even have a 100 percent money-back guarantee "if you do not get approved", i.e. your check doesn't clear.

But hey, they've got a heart. On their home page I noticed they include a link to make a donation to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina victims.

 

Belford U In The News!!!

Scandal unsettles Highland Village council
Fake-degree saga marked by communication gap


08:10 AM CDT on Friday, September 2, 2005


By JAY PARSONS / The Dallas Morning News


HIGHLAND VILLAGE – City staffers connected the dots four months ago: City Secretary Shari Kuykendall bought a fake college degree for $399 with a city-issued credit card. The degree led to her international certification as a municipal clerk, which triggered $7,200 in raises.

Council members insisted the fake degree was irrelevant until The Dallas Morning News reported the connection to the raises on Aug. 19. Ms. Kuykendall resigned four days later.

"It wasn't until shortly before she resigned when I thought, 'Man alive, I got fooled,' " council member Fred Busche said.

Until last week, council members didn't know a bachelor's degree counted as half the 100 points needed for certification.

They also didn't know BelfordUniversity.com offers degrees in seven days without classes, exams or homework.



http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/lewisville/stories/DN-secretary_02met.ART0.West.Edition2.18f8ece6.html

 

Re: Belford U In The News!!!

Hmm. A degree triggers an raise worth, in the first year alone, 18 times the tuition paid for the entire degree and council members insist the fake degree is irrelevant? Hmm.