Graduate LaSalle University, Mandeville, Louisiana

I thought I would post some new information. I am one of those people that "graduated" from LaSalle in 93' I use my "degree" every day and now have over 22 years experience AND people consider me one of the top in my field.
This is what I have to say.
I worked swing-shift (2 weeks days, 2 weeks afternoons, 2 weeks midnights) putting in 60 plus hours/week for 4 years AND went to school. I tried the traditional route and just could not make it work. I found LaSalle the only place that would conform to my harsh schedule. I put in the work, I passed and failed tests. All my tests (finals and some quizzes) were proctored. I worked HARD for my degree. So I really don't give a rats butt what the MBA or the PHD says, I know I deserved the degree I have.
As for the legality of the degree. The degree is VERY legal. As John Bear puts it "The actions of LaSalle were illegal" and from my position, I would NOT throw the baby out with the bath water...but it does place all there actions in a bad light. It doesn't matter how people want to spin this though. It was given to me based on the work I performed, just like all the other universities. Now, I also know my degree is not accredited by ABET, ACBPS or anyone of 52 CHEA listed agencies. But then again, MIT is not ABET accredited! It was (at the time I applied) ATS accredited. But to say my degree is illegal, is not accurate!
Additional side note. I am a lot older so I won't be going back to school for another bachelor's degree. I will use the one I have along with the 38 years experience I have gained, without a degree and with an "unaccredited" degree. The last place I was hired into, asked me about my degree and I was very honest about it. They didn't care and offered me the position and a 6 figure salary.

 

Good for you. The bomb never went off. That doesn't make it not a time bomb.

For starters, many reasonable employers would look at your degree and assume it came from the legitimate La Salle University. Top of your field? Awesome for you. You highlight the reality that degrees, for some fields, are just an arbitrary barrier to entry that serve no real purpose. That doesn't change the fact that you have a bogus degree that is illegal to use in a variety of states.

Your degree isn't "very legal" by any definition. In fact, your use of it would likely result in criminal charges in the states of Oregon, Texas and New Jersey.

Notice, in fact, that your school is listed on a list appropriately named "Institutions Whose Degrees Are Illegal to Use in Texas."

Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to try to stop laughing at your comparison of LaSalle University lacking legal authority to operate to MIT not having ABET accreditation.*

*This is also false. Here is a list, from the ABET website, of MIT programs which are ABET accredited.

 

Are you saying that in 1994 LaSalle was accredited? I graduated in 1990 and have been told by numerous online and accredited schools that LaSalle U in Mandeville LA has never been accredited. When I enrolled in 1986 we only had snail mail and the info they sent me said they were accredited. Now it seem that that was a lie. Thing is I sent the info to the company I was working for at the time and they still reimbursed me the portion they would cover for distance learning. I would love any info if what you say is correct!!! thx OK

 

LaSalle's only "accreditation" came from the fake agency that they set up; just another button on their telephone.

When Rich Douglas surveyed about 300 corporate HR departments, as part of his doctoral work, he found that the great majority were clueless about school legitimacy, and routinely approved fake schools. My own research found that many of them confused the fake LaSalle in Louisiana with the real LaSalle in Pennsylvania. The fact that the owner of LaSalle pleaded guilty to federal charges (fraud, etc.) and went to prison is the clearest evidence of the fakeness.