Chip Plays With Fire

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When I say positive things about ESRDS, I am not raving how wonderful it is. As a school, if posters can be believed, it has had more complaints and questions about its legitimacy made to French authorities than any school anywhere - and it still exists 5 years later. The sky hasn't fallen but Chicken Little hasn't shut up.

That is inexact.
Sorbon "école" is currently in operation...Sorbon "université" mysteriously disbanded some time ago according to Prade himself.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/200...9/NEWS0104

On its current Web site, Ecole Superieure Robert de Sorbon describes itself as a class of accredited institution that under French law can award degrees based on life experience. It says applicants pay a fee of about $75 and, if accepted, pay a tuition of about $750. A panel of scholars evaluates the applicant's work history and grants a degree 60 days later.-...-
Prade said Universite Robert de Sorbon no longer exists and that he and AUAP are not affiliated with it. Of Ecole Superieure Robert de Sorbon, he said, "It is an institution of higher learning."

It is thus inaccurate to state that "it still exists in spite of complaints".
No other than Sorbon middlemen now claim the name "université" is reserved in France for traditional institutions, which doesn't explain what happens now to the qualifications of former "université" graduates...nor does it explain how they got to use the name "université" and rave about its accreditation, if such use is restricted by law.

Maybe it is just what people need...but let's make sure people KNOW what it IS, so that they can decide if that is what they need.
Personally, I value my three Millard Fillmore doctorates and my 2 L.I.A.R bachelors highly...