Knightsbridge University

That's my impression.

 

That’s interesting, and possibly true, but I wasn’t thinking what my banning said about me. I was more interested in what the actions of the owner and the moderator says about CollegeHints’ business plan.

A few recent events are very revealing. First, we have witnessed an influx of individuals who own and promote degree mills and substandard schools. Second, we had an admission from the owner (in a response to a request from George Brown) that the site accepts advertising from degree mills (thereby promoting them) but that he doesn’t care because he makes money from the ads. Third, the owners and moderator of the board have given their tacit approval to mill promoters (and by extension to the totally clueless who join them, oblivious to the fact that they are being used) to harass and intimidate anyone who disagrees with them or attempts to protect the public from their shenanigans. It’s sad because there are a few individuals on that forum who genuinely care about and promote alternative forms of legitimate education. However, by aligning themselves with those who promote truly substandard schools, by participating in the chicaneries, and by not strenuously objecting to the cowardly silencing of any voice of dissent (however respectfully it is offered), they do their own cause a great disservice.

There is a big difference between my banning and Henrik’s banning. First, Henrik was warned, but he did not heed the warning. Second, Henrik was banned, specifically, for abusing another member of the forum, and the forum was notified of the action. I was banned because… Well, I don’t know why I was banned. Or, perhaps better said, no explanation was given, privately or publicly, for my banning. I do know this: It was NOT for violating the Terms and Conditions for Use of This Website posted on the forum. Perhaps I should not have (however politely and respectfully) repeatedly pointed the childish and inane nature of the many personal attacks being leveled at those who disagreed with the majority viewpoint.

One only has to read Henrik’s post announcing his triumphant return and his shill’s cowardly personal attack on my person (I guess when he realized I was banned and could no longer respond, his bravado was bolstered) to suspect that there might be more than meets the eye to the sudden influx of Knightsbridge promoters to the Website. Come to think of it, it is quite possible that my post speculating that Henrik might regard CollegeHints as a good marketing venue and that he might have his own plans for the forum was what that triggered my banning.

Given the forum owner’s own admissions, and his now obvious willingness to suppress free speech, it is not all implausible to consider the possibility that any entity, for the right fee, would be granted the right to control and manipulate the content of that forum. If, on one side you have those who desire to protect the public, and, on the other, the fraudsters and those willing to support, promote, coddle, and profit from degree mills, it is now clear with whom the ownership of CollegeHints has chosen to align itself.

 

Gus Sainz wrote:

> First, you chose to employ the words "not lying" in regards to
> the corroboration I provided you at your request. Was that
> ever in doubt?

To me -- and, I gather, to others -- the idiom "to get one's hands on" implies an attempt to access the object. Thus, when you said "I never got my hands on the Old Lesbians", one might have been led to believe that you had ordered the dissertation.

The question of Henrik's banning from CollegeHints was a comparable case of his implied word (private e-mail) against yours. Thank you for providing the corroboration.

> Second, you now characterize my use of the smiley we all
> use on this forum—a smiley whose only connotation is humor
> and amusement—as "gloating." Why? Have you applied this
> interpretation to the posts of everyone else on this forum that
> has used this smiley?

No, interpretations should be applied contextually rather than mechanically. In the context of you and Henrik, Henrik has supplied an overriding connotation for with his memorable phrase "toothy individual".
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=88695#post88695

 

Crap.

 

Contextualized smileys?

What a load of crap.

Is that supposed to distract from the indefensibility of Knightsbridge, or just to vault into the empyrean for no particular reason?

 

Mark, you are a master of the English language; you excel at bending it and twisting it to suit your whims and needs. As such, I cannot see how you would fail to understand a simple humorous double entendre (never mind that it was accompanied by the appropriate smiley). Wait a minute. I just reread my first sentence. Never mind.

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that Henrik, in a private email, disputed my assertion and denied having been banned from CollegeHints. If I was, as you publicly stated, "not lying," then I guess you would have no compunction stating that Henrik was lying.

You rely on Henrik as a source for interpretation and connotation? Please say it isn’t so. You could tell Henrik “yes” and he would interpret it as a “no” if it better suited his purposes. I believe his evasiveness and untruthfulness has been sufficiently documented, and those who lend him credence do so at their own peril.

 

Henrik went to great lengths to appear forthcoming and scholarly. He seemingly thought that the KU facade was impregnable. It wasn't until there was a crack exposed in that facade that it became obvious to me what a devious and deceitful person he actually is. I still enjoyed his posts though.

Gus, I think that the jury is just still out as far as Mark is concerned. He is not the type of person to jump to decisions.

 

I AM SHOCKED!

A look at the Oregon ODA board finds Knightsbridge University is now on the actual list! How did that happen? It's as if someone who's posted negative things about Knightsbridge contacted the ODA and suggested their inclusion. Someone who has helped to expose Knightsbridge for what it really is. Someone who's seen a petty vendetta taken out on him by Knightsbridge's "bad boys" on another discussion board. Someone who was banned recently. Someone NOT named "Gus." Now, who could that have been?

 

Rich,
I also see that four schools you have had a major involvement with are also on the infamous Orgegon list.
Dr Anatidae

 

Yep. But I'm not calling myself "doctor" because I claim TWO fake doctorates from them, like you. No amount of rationalizing will change that.

"Major involvement"? You mean doing an internship at Greenwich when it was starting up? You mean doing some free work for MIGS when it was starting up? You mean teaching a few classes for VIU when they were starting up? Thanks for your concern, and your continued exaggeration.

What was the fourth? You seem more in tune with this than I am. Please explain.

I've been a very vocal critic of the ODA's list. Now you see why. Too bad Columbia State is closed; it really limits your upgrade options, doesn't it?

 

Hi Dr. Hayes, I notice that you no longer sign off as "Dr. Anatidae PhD"? Does this mean that you've sworn off your TC&U degree?

I'm sorry for your sake that I can't be sorry that Knightsbridge University was added to the ODA list. How much did Henrik take you for?

 

More inane garbage from RC.
At least my dissertation has been open to public scrutiny!
Dr Anatidae

 

Yeah, right. Supervised by no one. Evaluated by no one. Two fake Ph.D.'s, bought and sold. You're a one-topic shill with no idea about this field. You're agenda has always been to promote the fake school from which you've taken your degree. You've switched schools to award your "degree" like others switch shirts.

Interesting that Knightsbridge was willing to award your degree based on material used to "earn" a degree elsewhere.

My dissertation isn't any more or less available than any other completed at an accredited school.

This was a personal and baseless attack. I would ask that the moderators encourage Dr. Dr. Hayes to stop.

 

Rich
An interim report from my KU PhD assessor has just been filed on that other channel.
My assessor was one of Germany's foremost zoologists - a professor at a leading German State University. I hope to be allowed to publish the entire report.
As an 'expert' in DL education you must appreciate that the RA system in the USA is simply not the be-all and end-all of world
education.
Dr Anatidae

 

Who is RC?

 

RC = RC Douglas
Dr Anatidae PhD (Knightsbridge)

 

Let me see if I get this straight. You submit your work to Knightsbridge University for a Ph.D. in Environmental Management. Even though Knightsbridge University does not list an Environmental Management program or department or even a faculty member with such expertise, you were awarded a Ph.D. in Environmental Management.

Next thing you know, you and the Vice-Chancellor of Knightsbridge University are pressed to name the assessor or examiner. After much hemming and hawing, subterfuge and obfuscation, and a (obviously necessary) delay, it is revealed that your assessor was (past tense?) “one of Germany's foremost zoologists - a professor at a leading German State University.” Bingo! Presto! Without so much as an abracadabra, your degree has been “upgraded” (?!) to a doctorate in Zoology?

I don’t know. All of this is very reminiscent of the degree mill tactic of “submit payment and a resume and we’ll tell you what degree(s) you qualify for.”

 

Gus,
Please try to say something intelligent.
You actually do DegreeInfo considerable harm with such abusive and ill-informed comments.
Dr Anatidae PhD (Knightsbridge)

 

The Union Institute and University model, I am sure Rich would agree.

 

Yes, but several levels higher that Union Dennis.
Dr Anatidae PhD (Knightsbridge)