American Coastline University

#2 of 2; more on dual ACU sites

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I am not particularly knowledgeable about matters relating to the engineering aspects of aircraft and spacecraft. As do other physicists, I know why wings generate lift, but almost everything else I know comes from building model airplanes and reading memoirs of fighter pilots as a child. A careful evaluation of my "life experiences" should probably reveal that I needed at least a half-dozen undergraduate and several graduate courses before being thought qualified to pursue thesis research in Aerospace Enginering.

Here's email from ".org site" instantiation of ACU after they processed my evaluation form.

Dear George Gollin
Hello

Thanks for showing interest in American Coastline University’s Doctoral
level degree program. We have evaluated your prior academics and experience;
found suitable candidate for Doctorate degree in Aerospace Engineering. You
have to follow the given below steps to earn your degree.

Now you have to follow the given below steps to get your degree.

01: Select the thesis topic which must be relevant with your
major / specialization.

02: Once you select the topic that would be submitted to dissertation
committee for approval on the prescribed form of dissertation / thesis
topic approval.

03:At this stage you also need to send an email of your prior academic
transcript and work experience reference letter from your current employer
and senior colleague to process your case.

04: Dissertation / Thesis committee will approve or refuse or modify the
topic within one week time from the submission date.

05: If the committee approves the topic, you will be requested to deposit
the tuition fee of US$1195 and shipping charges within 7 days from the
approval date. There is no hidden fee.

05: You will be having flexible time frame to complete your thesis research
work but should not be more than two years.

06: You will submit your research work to thesis committee in the form of
functional web site for approval.

07: Committee will register the comments within two weeks time from the submission
date of research work. If the project/ research work is approved, University
will confer the degrees within 4 to 8 weeks.

University will provide you following documents.

a) Degree with embossed seal of university

b): Official transcript indicating grades, credit hours and course taken at
university ( You may send us the course list that you want to mention)

c): Graduation Letter

In case of any written inquiry all the information will be verified and
validated by the university concern department.

We have enclosed the following documents for your additional information.

a): Choosing A Thesis Topic

b): Thesis Topic Approval Form

c): Thesis Procedure

If you have any further questions please let us know.

Regards,

L. Keller
Advisor

No required classes!

The next step involves submission of a PhD thesis proposal. My (real) PhD thesis was titled Charm Production by Muons and Its Role In Scale-Noninvariance; it described measurements of the production of heavy quarks by high energy muons at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. I sent ".org site" instantiation of ACU this title, along with the middle section of the thesis abstract, to see if they would accept a high energy physics thesis for a PhD in Aerospace Engineering:

------Thesis topic form------
First Name: George
Last Name: Gollin
Address: 1110 West Green Street
City: Urbana
State: IL
Zip Code: 61801
Country: USA

Degree Program: PhD
Specialization: Aerospace Engineering
Thesis Topic: Charm Production By Muons and its Role In Scale-Noninvariance

Explain the description of thesis topic briefly.

The nu-dependence of the charm muoproduction cross section is similar to
that of the photon-gluon-fusion model. A first determination of the
structure function F2(ccbar) for diffractive charm production indicates that
charm accounts for approximately 1/3 of the scale-noninvariance observed in
muon-nucleon scattering at low Bjorken x.

Completion Date:

Tentative Date:ASAP
Deadline Date: I think it says two years from now on the web site.

I hereby agree with all the rules and regulation of University to to earn
the accredited degree.

Candidate Sign: Date of Submission: George Gollin, 8/28/03


Official Use

Status : Approved Refused

Evaluation Committee Members: 1 _______________ 2 _______________ 3
_______________


Note: Please prin this form and send it by fax at
E-mail:[email protected]

It was favorably received:

Hello

We are pleased to inform you that your dissertation topic has been approved
by the dissertation committee. Please make the payment of US$1235 by using
this secure payment link.
http://www.amercoastuniv.org/secure_payment_form.asp

Once you makes the transaction please send an email and also mention your
order # to follow up your case on priority. After this you will start your
doctoral dissertation. ACU will also provide you useful links on this
topic.

If you have any questions please let us know.

Regards

L. Keller
Advisor

A thesis describing an elementary particle physics experiment has very little to do with aerospace engineering.

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sorry this is so long; the .edu ACU site has expressed its surprise at the existence of a second site, and is concerned that their policies and those of the .org site will be confused by potential participants.

George Gollin

 

This mill is too greedy. A smarter mill would have recognized that it was out of its depth with George's topic.

I shall make a note of this for when I start my own mill.

 

A few days ago, I posted the following in this forum:
"For the record, Richard Hoyer, who at one time controlled American Coastline University is also a (or the) founder of St. Regis University."

I wish to apologize profoundly and profusely for this making these unfounded allegations on this tabloid website. I had no business whatsoever behaving in this harrassing, annoying, and unprofessional way on this tabloid website. If my daughter had anything whatsoever to do with the teaching of ethics, which she does not, I would certainly ask her for advice.

I shall cease and desist from harassing, annoying, and unprofessional non-sense on this tabloid website and in my life in general.

I really will.

Thank you so much for your understanding.

John Bear

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By the way . . . I received the following E-mail yesterday from Dr. Richard J. Hoyer <[email protected]>:

"John Bear:

Do you get an erection every time you put my name in print?

Can you explain_what legitimate purpose you have in posting my name and unfounded allegations about me on this tabloid web site?

I have_asked you in the past to address me directly with any questions you may have, rather than just making_statements without facts. You assured me that you would? Obviously you should consider having your daughter teach you a course on "ethics."

This is the last time_I request_that you_cease and desist this harassing, annoying, and unprofessional non-sense._Should this continue, I shall explore_legal recourse."
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• ”Do you get an erection every time you put my name in print?”
  —Dr. Richard J. Hoyer

I, for one, need no further proof that Dr. Hoyer is really the alter ego of none other than…




(drum roll, please)





...Steve Levicoff!

 

linguistic analysis

Hi folks,

The term "tabloid web site" is interesting. I received email from Daniel Taylor, Ph.D., M.D. (president of the www.amercoastuniv.edu instantiation of American Coastline University) concerning DegreeInfo.com. He refers to "a public tabloid forum at www.degreeinfo.com". I'd never thought of an electronic medium as a "tabloid" and it caught my attention to see the same term in Dr. Taylor's and Dr. Hoyer's communications.

I do notice hits on my web page at http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/nonCHEA/ from the domain rochester.rr.com, so perhaps Dr. Hoyer has seen the information there. Perhaps he could clarify the existence of two sites for ACU, and the RJH initials of the registrant for the www.amercoastuniv.org site?

There are two points made by Dr. Taylor in his message which, in the interest of clarity/fairness should be repeated here: "American Coastline University doesn't own www.amercoastuniv.org" and "Ms. Keller is an ACU administrator and has never referred to herself as an "advisor" nor just used the first initial of her name."

The letter from the www.amercoastuniv.org instantiation of American Coastline University informing me that I was judged qualified to receive a PhD in Aerospace Engineering (once I had submitted a thesis and other documentation) was signed "L. Keller/Advisor." The www.amercoastuniv.edu instantiation of American Coastline University lists its Director of Admissions as "Linda Keller."

In his message Dr. Taylor asked about the origins of my "investigative training and expertise in higher education" since I don't list an "Ed.D." or "graduate degree in criminal justice" in my biographical information. Investigative training is what learning to do scientific research is all about. My expertise in higher education obviously comes from my experiences as a teacher at the university level.

It seems immodest to post them, but since he asked, let's get this out into the open. Here are some of my credentials:
A.B. Harvard University (1975)
M.A. Princeton University (1977)
Ph.D. Princeton University (1981)
Robert R. McCormick Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago (1980-1982)
Research Associate, Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago (1982-1983)
Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University (1983-1989)
Associate Professor of Physics, University of Illinos at Urbana-Champaign (1989-1996)
Professor of Physics, University of Illinos at Urbana-Champaign (1996-present)

That's enough for now.
George Gollin

 

John

But wouldn't discovery be entertaining.

 

tracks of Mr. Chasse

A short comment this time, then I'll get back to work.

The ACU document titled "General Catalog" at

http://www.amercoastuniv.edu/ACUCatalog2003.pdf

is a modification-protected pdf file which lists its author as "Ray Chasse" and its title as

"///////DRAFT PROPOSAL – NOT FOR RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL ACCEPTED BY THE"

in the file's "Document Summary" dialog box. So Mr. Chasse may be involved.

Now I'll get back to work.

-George

 

George

Holy fart - are you smart or what.

 

Re: tracks of Mr. Chasse

Ray has gone the the big degree mill in the sky.

 

Which involvement is Hoyer denying: American Coastline or Saint Regis?

If it's American Coastline, is the 2001 message quoted at http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=92uuti%24cqn%241%40taliesin.netcom.net.uk, bearing the following signature, a forgery?

If it's Saint Regis, is the following information, provided by Saint Regis professor Leonard van der Walt here, incorrect?

 

And they don't even offer a JSD. What kind of mill doesn't offer a JSD? It's all so UNFAIR! (sniff)