Article Mentions Newburgh Theological Seminary and Mills in General

I am not sure whether I or someone else shared this before. It is a Canadian article (2014) and mentions Newburgh Theological Seminary.

"On its website, Newburgh encourages students to complete their PhD, which costs $2,595 plus the price of six textbooks, in less than two years.

Sholdice, a history student who has spent more than four years working toward his PhD, stressed the damage such questionable qualifications can inflict.

“It’s very important that we prevent these fraudulent degrees from being accepted or recognized because they have absolutely no value. If someone is hired or promoted on the basis of such a degree, it undermines the organization employing them, and the educational system in general,” he said."

One of the people running CalSouthern (woman whose name escapes me) had her PhD from Newburgh. They hired someone with accredited credentials to oversee things while she "ran" it.

https://www.whitehorsestar.com/News/diploma-mills-are-prolific-but-also-easy-to-spot-scholar

 

One guy in 2022 wrote in the comments section:

"I am currently enrolled at Newburgh Theological Seminary and it is pretty disappointing. They do not seem to know what they are doing. The advisor said that simple 2-paragraph summaries of each chapter of a book is to be turned in. Then, for the thesis, I should just copy and paste them all together.

Oh my.
I turned in two really long paragraphs, probably jamming too many ideas into each one. Then I decided that I would do it correctly, regardless of the pathetic instructions.
My thesis was not a compilation of summary paragraphs. I did it correctly.

I couldn’t imagine getting a PhD for reading 8 books. I planned on reading all 12 in one area and 12 more in another. They were going to give me a double PhD. I didn’t care if they required only 8. I want to learn as much as I can.
They set the bar very low, but you can raise it on your own."

Of course that is seven more textbooks than Andersonville is requiring for the biblical exposition programs so perhaps Newburgh is an overachiever.

 

If there was a laughing emoji I would have pushed it.