05-17-2008, 12:48 AM
well, *.edu domains are fucked up already, with countless dodgy schools and outright mills sporting one, unlike say .ac.uk which has always been handled properly.
The problem already is not what the domain says, but who or what the provider is.
I at times run searches and am flooded with leads from various providers of DE.
Unexpectedly, say Open university or Athabasca rarely show up among the first 100 leads, which says all.
Search engines make money out of preferred or sponsored leads and massaged searches.
I might find a rough diamond in the mud, and I did last time with a small, barely known yet fully accredited UK university, or I might find...mud...that is the plethora of Warnboroughs who want me to believe that they are "accredited" by ISO 9000 ( a mere quality standard good for pig slaughterhouses or bottled water plants ), or Phoenix and Capella wanting me to believe they are Oxford second edition.
Until people won't learn to be in charge (a simple web search or a couple phone calls might do ), big brother, rabbi Marx ideology etc are not going to help but just pile up mountains of paperwork easily circumvented by those with money.
I still remember how the "experts" around these "eminent" boards were still gawking in front of the Robert de Sorbon fraud, while people with half a brain knew it was a fraud.
Relying on a domain only is like trusting the first stranger with an impressive presentation card...what do you know, anyways?
The problem already is not what the domain says, but who or what the provider is.
I at times run searches and am flooded with leads from various providers of DE.
Unexpectedly, say Open university or Athabasca rarely show up among the first 100 leads, which says all.
Search engines make money out of preferred or sponsored leads and massaged searches.
I might find a rough diamond in the mud, and I did last time with a small, barely known yet fully accredited UK university, or I might find...mud...that is the plethora of Warnboroughs who want me to believe that they are "accredited" by ISO 9000 ( a mere quality standard good for pig slaughterhouses or bottled water plants ), or Phoenix and Capella wanting me to believe they are Oxford second edition.
Until people won't learn to be in charge (a simple web search or a couple phone calls might do ), big brother, rabbi Marx ideology etc are not going to help but just pile up mountains of paperwork easily circumvented by those with money.
I still remember how the "experts" around these "eminent" boards were still gawking in front of the Robert de Sorbon fraud, while people with half a brain knew it was a fraud.
Relying on a domain only is like trusting the first stranger with an impressive presentation card...what do you know, anyways?
A.A Mole University
B.A London Institute of Applied Research
B.Sc Millard Fillmore
M.A International Institute for Advanced Studies
Ph.D London Institute of Applied Research
Ph.D Millard Fillmore
B.A London Institute of Applied Research
B.Sc Millard Fillmore
M.A International Institute for Advanced Studies
Ph.D London Institute of Applied Research
Ph.D Millard Fillmore