ASU partners with university in Peru

And rightly so, on many occasions. Reminds me of an old question I've seen on the forum before: "What are the ISO Standards for a degree mill, anyway?"

I'm hoping the writer and the institution are just unaware of the frequent use of this certification (and deliberate false conflation with accreditation) by un-wonderful "schools."

I find it odd that there is only one other DI mention of the partner, Cintana Education , since it is an American Co. headquartered in Tempe AZ. Here it is: https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?threads/how-to-design-a-university.56787/#post-532330

 

For good reasons. Two, in fact.

ISO Standards are often set by the first one in the door. That means anyone can set them in just about anything. They have no inherent meaning.

Second, some unaccredited schools and diploma mills would tout their ISO certification as if it had academic meaning or conferred some sort of gravitas or recognition for the degree. Obviously, it does not, but not everyone reading a school brochure would make that distinction.

 

I think that it's entirely possible the writer of the article / puff piece cited in the first post has not made that distinction either. Perhaps on purpose.

 

Yeah - they can't read everything. Too busy on the expansion trail. Wonder what sort of prize the 100 millionth student will receive?