Adam Smith University is back

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  1. laferney

    laferney Active Member

    Adam Smith University is back. It had disappeared for a while. It was once listed in Bear's Guide
    College Degrees by Mail: 100 Good Schools that offer Bachelors's and law degrees by Home study but later was seen as a degree mill by Steve Levicoff and others. It had offered degrees from Bachelors to doctorates in many subjects.
    It now only offers 4 Bachelor's degrees. I don't see that the Founder , Donald Grunewald, is still connected to it.
    OLD Site
    https://web.archive.org/web/20041030082246/http://www.adamsmith.edu/
    New Site
    https://adamsmith.edu/
     
    laferney, Sep 28, 2025
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  2. jonlevy

    jonlevy Active Member

    I give them points for transparency:

    "Adam Smith University is seeking to be recognized by the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago as a Post Secondary Institution in accordance with Chapter 39:06."

    So basically they are a LLC. Not sure how they have a .edu domain unless it was a legacy operation.
     
    jonlevy, Sep 28, 2025
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  3. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Fascinating. I wonder why they chose to try their luck there, as it's not known as the easiest place for outsiders to do business.

    It is: their domain name goes back to 1998.
     
    SteveFoerster, Sep 28, 2025
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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    If Donald Grunewald is still alive, I believe he'd be in his 90's at this point. It's not impossible that he's still active, but that's not the way I'd bet.
     
    SteveFoerster, Sep 28, 2025
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