washington international university

As a diploma mill, its website is quite "normal", I really don't know why St. Clements University's website so obvious as an unaccredited University.

 

Thanks for all the responses. See the exact reason I felt he needed to be exposed in the first place, besides the academic fraud, was his arrogance. I mean a memo?! Its so bad that others in the department feel he is arrogant, and even some students have mentioned that he becomes angry if they say "Mr." instead of "Dr." So they all may be as ticked off as I am by this guys delusions of grandeur but the one difference is that I hold the info that could bust his high rising bubble.

Also I think it would help many to know that he was given a supervisory position based on this "PHD". I am going to type up the memo for all to see. I agree that if he is outed it may serve as a reminder for the next guy who tries it.

Well I thank you for all the advice and will wait to here a few more to chime in with their thoughts before I make a decision.

 

Be cautious. Will you get the outcome you desire? Will you be better for it?

Also, keep in mind the notion of tortious interference.

 

If this guy is sending out memos demanding to be called "Doctor" based on a bogus degree, there isn't a lawyer with half a brain that would take the case on a contingency fee.

Even if he hired a lawyer on a hourly basis, the case would be a loser. I've come to learn a lot about juries, and they really, really don't like arrogance.

 

I still want to know about his dissertation.

 

This struck me as absolutely hilarious for some reason? I think that Paul has a most excellent point though. Before you blow the whistle on the guy, ask to see his dissertation. If he doesn't have one it cripples his argument that he'll probably make that he actually earned the degree and didn't know that WIU was a degree mill. (The favorite excuse these academic frauds seem to go for.) If he shows it to you and it's a 3 page book report then he has the same problem.

 

WIU still has what I think is the longest or 2nd longest listing of all the institutions in Bears' Guide -- and it used to be much longer. I believe the very long and very negative article on them that was in Penthouse Magazine quite a few years ago said that the owner, Yil Karademir (= Gil Karr, etc.) was Turkish.

Penthouse. Is that archived anywhere (besides under the beds of teenage boys)? It really was a well-researched article by a prominent author of non-fiction books, but I don't have a copy.

 

Well, I'm just not happy. TESC doesn't have a cool weights and measures page like that.

 

Marina must have found your copy (under your side of the bed!) and not realising the academic article contained therein, threw it out!

 

No, no...that's too obvious. My favorite hiding spot was between the mattress & boxspring.

Funny story....a few years ago, I get a call that some kids had set-up a "clubhouse" in the basement of one of the housing projects. I get there with my partner, and they really did have a pretty good clubhouse going, complete with furniture and a refrigerator.

The first thing I did was lift the mattress off the boxspring, and there was about 20 porno magazines. The kids looked at each other like I was some type of psychic, and I simply told them "Believe it or not, I was 15 at one time".

 

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I agree that in such a scenraio not only the guy need to exposed for fraud but probably his ass need to be kicked for being arrogant for having a PhD degree that could be best served as toilet paper.

We had a similar situation few months ago when this guy suddenly decalared his PhD from honolulu university to the board of directors of our college and somehow managed to convince them to give a salary raise and promotion. We were all very furious of this stupidy and put protest and exposed the university and its operation to management. In short the guy resigned and dissappeared from our college.

Peter Chin

 

Quiz for this thread

Does anyone know how old this photo is?

It has been on their site since the beginning of this bogus mills birth.
I like the catalog they send you with the photo's of your degree.
They take a degree (fake) and have it placed on the floor.
Now that is cool.

But think about it, you can say I graduated from
Washington International University in Philadelphia Pa.

Washington!!!! Wow!!!
International !!!! Wow !!! Worldwide
Philadelphia !!!! Wow!!! Must be good.

A notary signed degree. Hey, If I fail can I sign my own degree to make it legit. Im a notary!!!! Crap, think I will send my resume to every college in America. Imagine the $$$$$ I can make at $20.00 a pop!!!

 

Here's the memo

Ok here is a word by word (puncuation and all) quote of the good doctor's memo:

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to attract your attention to the fact that absolute titles and terms of address should be used among faculty members. I have noticed that some of our colleagues are frequently using inappropriate titles while dealing with their students and sometimes with me. Some students came looking for "Mr. Busnick" This is an important professional protocal of self-esteem that I insist to be realized. Intamacy and friendly relationships should not be mixed with indespensable formalities. You might tolerate this to happen, but I strongly reject any misuse of such terms while dealing with me because I do pay respect to my colleagues and to myself, and I do expect this to be reciprocally shared.

Dr. N Busnick

 

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This guy is kidding himself! Even if he held a real doctorate, the arrogance of it all!!!

He mentions 'faculty members'. Does he work for a college or school?

 

By the time one has earned a Doctorate, he/she has probably written quite a few papers. In looking at the atrocious spelling, sentence structure, and some of the grammatical errors in that piece, I have serious doubts as to his ability to pass Freshman English, let alone a Doctorate. Of course, if the only requirement for a Doctorate is that you properly write out the check. . .

 

Doesn't this guy own a dictionary?

 

Re: Here's the memo

Thanks for the laughs!

 

Well said, Jerry! However, I would say this fellow opted for a credit card payment- unless he also has problems with numbers!

This guy is a joke - a bad one. But from my experience, I would say he is fairly representative of Ph.D. graduates who have purchased...oppps...'earned' their piece of paper from unaccredited 'schools'.

 

1. In what way is this fellow associated with an educational institution?

2. I want to know about his dissertation.

 

I agree... the guy is a joke (actually, he appears to be something else, but we'll leave it at "joke"). In my experience, the only time colleagues (especially ones with whom you have a close working relationship) stick to formal titles are when they are about to clobber you in a faculty meeting.

Actually, I went to work at my first alma matter some years after I graduated and one of the toughest things to get used to was calling my former professors by their first names (which they all insisted upon).

My advice is, ignore this guy if you can. On top of the questions about his degree, he seems to have some serious personality-baggage.

Cheers,
Tony Maranto