Article on Credentials and Clinical Research Associate (mentions ASIC)

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Garp, May 1, 2020.

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  1. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

  2. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    ASIC. Just to be clear.

    Good information about what ASIC is and is not (peruse the comments), a topic that has been debated here.

    And related to another recent thread, it really drives home the problem of false credentials and the need to validate claims, despite what another experienced professional in this area might posit.
     
  3. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

    Missed those. Interesting. The one guy (Berthold) is connected with Azteca University Mexico.
     
    Last edited: May 1, 2020
  4. mbwa shenzi

    mbwa shenzi Active Member

    And with Universidad Central de Nicaragua.
     
  5. RFValve

    RFValve Well-Known Member

    Similar problem in the adjunct hiring business. I used to hire part time instructors for our department and caught few people with fake credentials. I always asked for copy of their diplomas and emailed the school for confirmation. I then checked the linkedin profile of few of the people that I rejected and found that they work at another schools.
    The reality is that for adjunct work, some schools never check the credentials and they assume that if the individual taught at another school, the credentials must be valid. Many of these instructors have a good bachelors but fake or misrepresent the graduate degree. The typical misrepresentation is to upgrade to a Masters degree an European first degree with the justification that the European degree was a five year program and in Canada Bachelors are four years. The other typical misrepresentation is to claim that a graduate diploma or certificate is a MAsters degree. Of course some people just download certificates from the internet and use photoshop to change their names or some purchase degrees from sites that offer them for experience.
     
  6. RFValve

    RFValve Well-Known Member

    They have dual degree programs, these are combo deals where you get degrees from both schools. The reason for the combo is that although a Mexican degree might sound better than a Nicaraguan degree, the Azteca distance degrees are non registered with the minister of education of Mexico so these degrees will not pass most of the official recognition tests. However, the Nicaraguan law allows an accredited University to grant any degree they want so officially the UCN degree is recognized in Nicaragua so the Combo makes sense as you can get the official recognition and a little better brand with Azteca.

    ASIC makes sense as many of their customers are interested in immigration to Europe and the UK. The degrees are already recognized in Nicaragua but ASIC would just facilitate immigration. Many immigration consultants work with places like UCN to help their customer to immigrate.

    Business is business.
     

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