Is this school for real? They claim to be accredited. Does anyone know how real or fake this school is?? UV-VIS ------------------
Actually, the school is in Idaho and the name they use is Canyon College. I think it might be a phony. Thanks for the reply!!
Yes, the school is "real." Yes, the school is "accredited." NO, NONE OF THAT MEANS A THING! See how clear this all is? They don't admit Idaho residents (surely to avoid hassles with Idaho law enforcement agencies). Their accreditation comes from an unrecognized accreditor. They obscure this fact in a lot of language about UNESCO, which makes it even more deceptive. They offer a non-resident Doctor of Naturopathy, which should tell you a lot. Many of their faculty have their highest degrees from unaccredited schools; many others are listed as having doctorates when, in fact, they haven't graduated. And on, and on, and on. Anyone accessing the website can see these things. www.canyoncollege.edu Rich Douglas
Clearly a "less-than-wonderful"... and, upholding the rich tradition first described by Steve Levicoff in his criteria for spotting a phony, we've already received a threatening message from one of the proprietors of this institution. When I asked for contact information on their "accreditor", they emailed back and referred me to their website. But while the website listing had no phone number for the alleged accreditor, a reverse directory check pointed to the home phone of one Dominic Flary, who also apparently runs the unrecognized and less-than-wonderful American Institute of Healthcare Professionals out of his home. When I pointed this out in an email to Canyon, inviting them to clarify, I got back another email that instead of clarifying, threatened to take action against me. The apparently bogus accreditor, combined with the evasive and threatening emails, fulfills several of the criteria that Steve Levicoff has established for spotting degree mills.
