Please review:
*Colleges within the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) employ individuals, including upper-level administrators, who hold bogus degrees from well-known diploma mills such as Lacrosse University. Others hold a honorary degree;
*College catalogs or other publications include references to these bogus and honorary degrees;
*It is a violation of Alabama State Board of Education (ASBE) policy 221.01 for any community college to publish reference to an academic degree with any person other than an earned degree granted by a duly accredited institution or an honorary degree clearly designated as such by immediate juxtaposition of the word “Honorary.”
*These violations of policy 221.01 continue despite reports to the Chancellor, Vice President of the ASBE, Vice Chancellor of Legal and Human resources, Director of Internal Audit, and Audit Committee Members of the ACCS.
* Colleges within the ACCS may be in violation of SACS Standard 1.1, Integrity
Alabama politics may be keeping this information from the public. Newsworthy matters of significant public interest such as these deserve media attention to hopefully trigger corrective actions. Again, you are encouraged to investigate and report these matters as you see fit. Thank you for your attention.
REFERENCES
-- see p. 274 for reference to Lacrosse University
-- see p. 273 for reference to LL.D., (usually an honorary degree). Selma University is accredited by an agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, but it appears that Selma University offers no bona fide doctoral-level degree.
--see p. 273 for reference to Ph.D. Christian Bible College (not found when searched on CHEA's site)
-- see p. 272 for reference to Ph.D. San Francisco University (not found when searched on CHEA's site). Also shows as San Francisco Technical University (not found when searched on CHEA's site) at http://www.bishop.edu/profile_president.html)
-- see p. 269 for reference to Ph. D. Lacrosse University
-- see p. 262 for reference to LL.D. (usually an honorary degree) Livingston University (now the University of West Alabama). The University of West Alabama (UWA) is accredited by an agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, but it appears that the LL.D. may be an honorary degree.
Trenholm State Technical College Catalog - http://www.trenholmtech.cc.al.us/fileadmin/CatalogPDF/7Personnel.pdf
-- see p. 282 for reference to Bethany Theology Seminary (not found when searched on CHEA's site). However, there is a Bethany Theological Seminary that is duly accredited. Therefore, this may be a simple misprint or it may be an institution of questionable distinction.
-- see p. 287 for reference to Ph.D. Columbia Pacific University (CPU; not found when searched on CHEA's site). For additional information on CPU see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pacific_University . It may be that CPU was never accredited by an agency recognized by CHEA or the US Department of Education or both.
-- see p. 290 for reference to Doctor of Divinity, Theology, Pentecostal Bible College (not found when searched on CHEA's site).
-- The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) database lists more than 7,700 degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions and more than 18,700 programs that are accredited by United States accrediting organizations that have been recognized either by CHEA or by the United States Department of Education (USDE) or both.
Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education Policy 221.01 Proper Signification of Earned and Honorary Degreeshttp://www.accs.cc/Policies/221.01.pdf and Guidelines for policy 221.01 http://www.accs.cc/guidelines/221.01_Guidelines.pdf
Federal Trade Commission
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Principle of Integrity
Online Stories Covering Lacrosse University
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