Interesting Expose Article on Newburgh Theological Seminary

The article is from a Yukon newspaper and it isn't current (2014) but it has some insight into the school. Some of the comments are equally hilarious. They caught one of the the territorial education ministers with a Newburgh PhD.

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

"The biblical studies stream at the college demands 50 credit-hours and a succession of book reports from its students. It requires little to no original research, academic supervision or peer-recognized standards of quality or publication — all integral to an authentic PhD program, Sholdice noted.

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."

 

One recent comment on the article (May 2022) stated:

"James Wheeler on May 26, 2022 at 11:18 am
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.

They may require baby assignments, but go ahead and challenge yourself to do more. When I get the degree, I’m making sure I earn it, whether they said to or not."

 

Those are two very different statements.

 

The people in those comments who insist on the legitimacy of Newburgh Theological Seminary are self-deluded. For some reason, these Christians do not see a connection between the moral law presented in Scripture which precludes engaging in academic fraud and(or) misdealings, and their support of this "cullege" (to borrow Rick Walston's term).

 

You would think but "Christians" proliferate these substandard degree issuing entities seemingly without their consciences bothering them or deluding themselves about their motivations. I think Bear or Walston once mentioned one claiming accreditation from the Almighty. Equally brazen are the "Christians" using milled credentials and trying to sound self righteous about faithless accredited schools never mind they themselves have academicless exempt "degrees". I love Walston's "Cullege" comment.