Please share your discovery of 'time bombs' with me

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  1. drwetsch

    drwetsch New Member

    From the list, the greatest percentage of fake degree users seems to be in law enforcement.

    John
     
  2. drwetsch

    drwetsch New Member

    It is interesting how prevalent the use of unaccredited degrees are. Here are a few from the unaccredited Pacific Western U. --


    Stephen A. Vitkun, M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D. from Pacific Western University, http://anes.vitkun.net/SAVitkun2.html

    Harold Ray Griffin, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor in Health Administration
    Director, Graduate Programs in Health Administration
    Director, Center for Health Studies. at Houston Baptist University, http://www.hbu.edu/Pages/acad/faculty/hgriffin.html

    Reverend William Greenfield, Ph.D.
    Associated with The National Clergy Support Network,Bill completed Christian high school in Kalamazoo, Michgan and received a B.Sc., MBA, and Ph.D. from Pacific Western University in Los Angeles, http://gettig-group.com/pastorcare/pastorcare2/reverend.htm

    Andrea Brandt, Ph.D., M.F.C.C. attended University of Illinois, UCLA and Antioch for her Bachelor's Degree on Psychology. She obtained her Master's Degree from Goddard University. Her clinical internship was done at the Southern California Counseling Center. Dr. Brandt was awarded her Ph.D. in Psychology from Pacific Western University. http://www.1bc.com/psych/default.htm

    At the Physician Assistant Dept., of Western Michigan U. Fenn, Dr. William H., Associate Professor: Ph.D., Pacific Western University; http://www.wmich.edu/paprog/MEET.HTM

    At Georgia Perimeter College, Douglas L. Crane (1972), Associate Professor of History/Political Science, A.A., Brevard Jr. College; B.A., M.A., University of South Florida; Ed.S., Georgia State University; Ph.D., Pacific Western University. http://www.gpc.peachnet.edu/~acadaff/cat/Personnel.html

    John
     
  3. Gerstl

    Gerstl New Member

    What? no Mercer?
     
  4. drwetsch

    drwetsch New Member

    Well I couldn't resist as this stuff was rather easy to find.

    Here are some Kennedy Western graduates:

    Kennedy-Western University -- Richard Beebe, MIS faculty at Buena Vista Universisty, IA., http://business.bvu.edu/Faculty/facultyprofiles.htm

    Lawrence W. Appleton, Ph.D., Kennedy-Western University, 1991, Management Information Systems (Information Resource Manager, Greenville Technical College) On the faculty list at Webster U. http://www.webster.edu/greenville/faculty.html

    Phuoc H. Tran, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics, Area Chair, Bellevue University. B.S., Catholic University of South Vietnam, 1964
    M.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha,1978, Ph.D., Kennedy Western University, 1993 http://www.bellevue.edu/Faculty/tran.html

    John M. Boehme, II, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiology, Wake Forest University, http://www.rad.wfubmc.edu/me/Faculty&Staff/boehme.htm

    Haydn S. Hasty, Ph.D., is President of MindSpring Consulting, Inc. Haydn completed his BA degree at NC State, his MA and ED.S. degrees at Winthrop College, and his
    Ph.D. in Psychology from Kennedy-Western University. He is a former finalist for North Carolina Teacher of the Year. also a certified EQ Map® Trainer with the Q-Metrics organization in San Francisco. http://www.helpingyougrow.com/whosin.htm

    I wonder if this award was based partly on the KW degree -- "Niagara Community College Alumni Association selected three graduates as NCCC Distinguished Alumni for 2000: Gene Carella '70 of Ransomville, a professor of biology at the college; Jamie Marcolini '81 of Pendleton, senior vocational addictions counselor at Horizon Village; and Patricia Siola '73 of Niagara Falls, director of pharmacy for the Northtown hospitals of the Catholic Health Systems. Carella was
    awarded the New York State Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1985; Marcolini is a former president of the New York State Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services; and Siola, who went on to earn undergraduate and MBA degrees from the University at Buffalo, will
    earn a Ph.D. from Kennedy-Western University in California in June." http://buffalo.bcentral.com/buffalo/stories/2000/03/06/smallb4.html

    Here's one from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORENSIC COUNSELORS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, BRAVE NEW WORLD Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 11-12, 2000, Dr. Patricia Wengren earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology (1989), Master of Science in Counseling (1992) and Ph.D. with Distinction in Psychology (1999) from Trinity College and University of South Dakota. Dr. Wengren is presently earning her second Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology from Kennedy Western
    University in Wyoming. http://www.nationalafc.com/conf2000.htm

    Proctor, Aleysha R.,Job Title: Administrative Director, U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell Experience: 5+ years of entrepreneurial experience. Manage budgets, schedule and 2 offices for a Member of Congress. Published newsletters, brochures and statistical publications. Undergraduate: Kennedy-Western University, Business Administration, 1996, Graduate: Hamilton University, MBA Marketing, 1998 http://www.dcbmbaa.org/directories/membdir/profiles.htm
     
  5. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    I missed that, good catch. However, I'm still wondering why her fake degrees were not caught by this legitimate school, regardless of what her title is.

    Bruce
     
  6. Byran Lee

    Byran Lee member

    Would Pacific Western U and Kennedy-Western University specificially belong to the blantant degree-mill category?

    I think exposing umcampuses..like St.George University International and Columbia State Univeristy as degree mills would be more meaningful in our quest for time bombs.

    my 2-cents

    byran
     
  7. drwetsch

    drwetsch New Member

    I think where they fall depends on whose camp you are in. KW for instance cannot accept students from California and has liberal Wyoming licensing. PW states in their catalog, "Degrees granted or issued in conformance with the current statutes of the State of Hawaii." PW was one of those schools from California that transferred to Hawaii to meet less stringent requirements. Are these diplomas really any more valuable then a Columbia State diploma? These schools do not meet any accreditation requirements. What may make PW better than a Columbia State is that they are upfront about not being accredited. Nevertheless, people are using these diplomas to further their careers and if they are to be accepted we might as well just drop accreditation as a standard, save money, and go to school at KW or PW.

    John
     
  8. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Also worth the price of admission is Mezmer's uncanny ability at less-than-wonderful spelling (for a Ph.D.), and his performances for the "pubic"; in Mezmer's own words:
    "Michael Mezmer~ presenting his "dream catcher" comedy hypnosis show to pubic and critical acclaim"
    Earon
     
  9. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Bryan Lee asks, Would Pacific Western U and Kennedy-Western University specificially belong to the blatant degree-mill category?

    Not in my book. I suspect ABC will stay with the easier targets, since their legal department worries about such things. But I shall remind them that Pacific Western was the subject of quite a detailed report on one of the TV tabloid shows --American Journal, I'm pretty sure, but it might have been Extra--in which their reporter (they said) got a Master's degree in less than 10 days. Pacific Western disputed this later--at least to me--but never sued the program and never supplied further information to me. That program also showed their campus facility in Hawaii as an empty room, apparently adjacent to their lawyer's office.
     
  10. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Bryan Lee asks, Would Pacific Western U and Kennedy-Western University specificially belong to the blatant degree-mill category?

    Not in my book. I suspect ABC will stay with the easier targets, since their legal department worries about such things. But I shall remind them that Pacific Western was the subject of quite a detailed report on one of the TV tabloid shows --American Journal, I'm pretty sure, but it might have been Extra--in which their reporter (they said) got a Master's degree in less than 10 days. Pacific Western disputed this later--at least to me--but never sued the program and never supplied further information to me. That program also showed their campus facility in Hawaii as an empty room, apparently adjacent to their lawyer's office.
     
  11. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

  12. Guest

    Guest Guest

    The "Love Doctor's" husband, Dr. Vincent Sucato, has his Ph.D. from Rutger's University.
     
  13. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    So he claims. Even if he does, that doesn't mitigate the fact that "Love Doctor" herself has a "Ph.D." from Columbia State University.

    Bruce
     
  14. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    BTW, I'm hoping against hope that "Doctor" Sucato is one of the ones to get ambushed by GMA.

    On her biography websites, she makes a big deal of being "the doctor", even though her other (non-doctorate) degrees seem to make her well qualified to be a licensed counselor, which is all she is, even in a perfect world.

    I just want to see her explain her Columbia State degree to a live TV crew. I envision the old degree-mill excuse.."I worked very hard for my degree"...

    The best entertainment might well be her first radio show as the "Love Doctor" after it's revealed that she is not in fact a doctor by any stretch of the imagination. I'd pay for a recording of that, assuming she's still employed at that point.

    Bruce
     
  15. Bill Huffman

    Bill Huffman Well-Known Member

    I'm here in San Diego and I occasionally listen to the radio station and TV channel where she does here Love Doctor shows. I don't remember ever hearing her show though. If she makes it on Good Morning America I'll make sure I watch the local news and see if she's mentioned.
     
  16. drwetsch

    drwetsch New Member

  17. PLEASE tell me that the USAF didn't commission this guy on the strength of those credentials.

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    Well, here is one more, an Air Force Lieutenant, David Pedersen, is displaying his M.S. in Audiology in the Air Force Audiology newsletter, December 2000. His M.S. is from Monticello University.
     
  18. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Agreed! My point in the original post? If the good Dr. Vincent Sucato has a Ph.D. from Rutgers, one would think he knew that CSU was not properly accredited.

    Russell
     
  19. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    The last I remember, all the uniformed services require just a Bachelor's degree to qualify for an officer's commission. A Master's may be a great idea for promotion, but I don't believe it's required.

    Bruce
     
  20. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    You must not be married... [​IMG] I'm kidding, but I'm sure the real Dr. Sucato wouldn't be in a hurry to criticize the fake Dr. Sucato.

    Bruce
     

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