Only months after being falsely called a mill by uninformed government idiots at congressional hearings, CCU received DETC accreditation.  

Now CCU has successfully taken on more uninformed government idiots, this time the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).  

The THECB yokels were calling DETC schools mills, apparently based on an old list provided to them by adjudicated civil rights violater and admitted pervert Alan Contreras.  

Nice work by President Neal getting the Texas sphincter boys in touch with the 21st century.

Quote:CCU President Thomas Neal Honored by DETC

This spring, CCU President Thomas M. Neal was honored with a distinguished recognition award by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) for his outstanding work contributing to the advancement of distance education.

President Neal was honored for his unheralded efforts over many months to gain formal recognition for DETC under the rules of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). On July 24, 2008, the THECB unanimously voted that the Accrediting Commission of the DETC be formally recognized under the provisions of Texas law. For the first time, DETC and its institutions will be formally recognized in the state of Texas.

In addition to his recent recognition, President Neal was selected to serve as Vice Chair of the DETC Business Standards Subcommittee for the 2008-2009 Council year.

As a result, he will participate with DETC’s Distance Education Workshop this coming October at the University of Notre Dame where the first subcommittee meeting will take place.

Please join the entire CCU family in congratulating President Neal in his recent accomplishments!

A current list of all DETC accredited institutions can be seen here:

http://www.detc.org/downloads/2008-09%20...202008.pdf

Is it possible to shine light on the Secret Service people involved in the St. Regis debacle? Are they really secret or do they just pretend to be? I am 2 degrees of separation from a long-term intelligence agent whose wife found out about his real job after he retired.

I knew an intelligence person and I asked him what he did for a living and the subject of the conversation changed without me noticing he didn't answer. I found out about his work after he took a high profile job where they revealed his history on the media.

Looks like George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) has been busy collaborating with more co-authors.  It's about time he got the public recognition this fine work deserves.

These little known works don't seem to be on his 200 page CV:

Quote:Gollin, G D & Oinker, Melanie Loots, My Wife Illegally Sold 386 Mutant Pigs for Food! The Truth About My Weird Family, My Unusual Sexual Practices and My Embarrassing Body Odor

INSTITUTION ID: Gay & Lesbian Butcher Shop Press  (Salem, Oregon)  
SERIES:         1st  
YEAR:  2003  
PUB TYPE:  Report  
REPORT NUMBER:  69  
PAGES:  342 p.  
SUBJECT(S):  Melanie Loots doesn't use her husband's last name, which is understandable. She is married to George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin). What an embarrassment for her! She sold 386 pigs that were used as lab animals in genetic experiments to the public for food, in violation of the law, human decency and common sense.  

ABSTRACT:
You would think a guy who spends all his free time looking for criminal activity would be able to spot some going on under his own roof. Unless, of course, the guy is George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin). His wife, who refuses to use his last name, sold 386 pigs that were used as lab animals in genetic experiments to the public for food, in violation of the law, human decency and common sense. She was cited by the US Food & Drug Administration for this illegal activity. Meanwhile, George Gollin made thousands of posts on a web forum that was a front for pedophile-pandering gay boy pornography. He didn't catch that one either. Oblivious or a pervert? Or an oblivious pervert? Who made his daughter a lesbian? Was there not a strong father-figure in her household (other than her mother?)  

Quote:Gollin, G D & Contreras, Anal, Sodomy, Civil Rights Violations, and Degree Mills: What Else Can Make Our Boring Lives A Little More Interesting?
JOURNAL: Journal of Physics and Gay & Lesbian Studies, 69(1), 23 - 258.
YEAR:  2003  
PUB TYPE:  Journal Article  

SUBJECT(S):  Alan Contreras is an adjudicated civil rights violator and an admitted homosexual. When George Gollin was ordered by his employer to remove the scandalous material he had posted on his employer's website, he sent it all over to Anal Contreras. Gollin's daughter is an admitted lesbian and his wife likes to dress in men's clothing. The website where Gollin made thousands of posts is a front for pedophile-pandering gay boy pornography.  

ABSTRACT:
Alan Contreras is an adjudicated civil rights violator and an admitted homosexual. When George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) was ordered by his employer to remove the scandalous material he had posted on his employer's website, he sent it all over to Anal Contreras. Gollin's daughter is an admitted lesbian and his wife likes to dress in men's clothing. The website where Gollin made thousands of posts is a front for pedophile-pandering gay boy pornography. Gollin's dissertation was written by fifteen (15) co-authors, in violation of university policy requiring independent work.  

Quote:Gollin, G D & Jelly, K Y, Charm Production By Muons and Its Role in Scale-Noninvariance
YEAR:  1981  
PUB TYPE:  Thesis/Dissertation  
PAGES:  88 p.  
SUBJECT(S):  Multi-person doctoral dissertation collaboration misrepresented as independent work in violation of university policy.  

ABSTRACT:
George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) and fifteen (15) co-authors collaborated to write this doctoral dissertation. University policy is that dissertations must be the author's independent work. George Gollin falsely represented that he was the sole author when in fact the dissertation was co-authored by fifteen (15) other people.

Quote:Dr. George Dana Gollin  (b.1953, d. ----)
POSITION(S) / JOB TITLE(S): Certified Genius  
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Gay Parenting; Transvestite Spouses; Cyberstalking; Multi-Person Dissertation Collaboration; Federal Agent Impersonation; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Embarassing Scratching Habits; Poor Personal Hygiene; Gay Mannerisms; Spouses Who Sell Mutant Pigs for Food in Violation of Federal Law; Unwarranted Self-Aggrandizement; Over-Inflated Ego; Socialist Education Policies; Shilling for the Wealthy, Entrenched Higher Education Cartel  
ACADEMIC RANK: Professor  
FACULTY/DEPARTMENT: Department of Cyberstalking & Gay Studies  
INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)  
EMAIL: (Homepage) Unknown  
HIGHEST DEGREE:  Doctorate (1981)  
DEGREE FROM: Princeton University  
SEX / LANGUAGE: Other / English  
PERMANENT ADDRESS:  813 W University Av
                                Champaign, Illinois
                                61820, United States
                                TEL: 217-398-3360  

Capella Shill Wrote:Today my 15 year old daughter took on the American Government CLEP. She passed with a 54. She indicated that it was difficult and she could have put in more time into prep.

We used:

Cliff Notes American Government
The Idiot's Guide to American Government
Official CLEP Guide
Peterson' s Practice Test

In addition, she reads the Wall Street Journal daily, and there is a great deal of politics discussed around the kitchen table. So, going into the junior year of High School, she has 9 credits through CLEP

Just had a brief look at the Unaccredited topic at DD. In the last 50 threads GG has started 32 of them. Other starters were JB and Gus, and it is quite difficult to find other 'starters'. It seems to me that DD operates solely for the inane pleasures of GG, JB & Gus - with help from RCD.

VAE is 'just another exotic acronym' to mean 'prior learning', experience learning etc.
When did people learn about 'VAE'?
When millists tried to surf on top of it, much like for decades we've heard of that UK education act saying that the value of a degree shall be left to the sole appreciation of employers; for millists and '(extremely) alternative' education proponents that meant in the UK all degrees were equal, even those printed in a basement.
Why was 'VAE' brought up?
Because the target public has no idea what it means, but must be cool and fast and easy.
In reality it isn't easier to get VAE degrees from a real French university than it is from one's local accredited universities...
The only difference is that local accredited universities will only go this far, while some peddler of bogus degrees can offer a fast & easy one based on some law from far away drafted in a language none understands, 110% life experience.
Now VAE (validation des acquis de l'expérience ) requires to be interviewed by a committee...in France...in French.
Easy, huh?

Every university i know of has written PLAR policies. That doesn't mean they are fast or easy, or that getting a PLAR degree will be the best choice. Do I know every university in the world? No, why would I need to?

If we take Athabasca university as a reasonable example, they do offer PLAR:
http://priorlearning.athabascau.ca/how-PLAR-works.php
And here is how many credits one might get for his PLAR:
http://priorlearning.athabascau.ca/criteria.php

Not 100%, not even close...

Rigged example?
Take Exeter University:
http://www.education.ex.ac.uk/dll/studys..._guide.pdf

Quote:APL credits may constitute no more than 50% of any award.

Quote:Dans la majeure partie des cas, le candidat doit remplir un dossier détaillant son expérience professionnelle et les compétences acquises. Il se présente ensuite devant un jury qui décide de valider tout ou partie du diplôme visé. En cas de validation partielle des acquis, des prescriptions sont proposées au candidat en vue d'obtenir la totalité du diplôme.

Dans l'enseignement supérieur, la validation des acquis existait déjà avant la mise en place de la V.A.E. Aujourd'hui encore, chacun peut faire valider son expérience professionnelle et personnelle pour accéder directement à un niveau de formation sans avoir le diplôme requis (décret du 23 août 1985). La loi de modernisation sociale du 17 janvier 2002, qui a créé la VAE, permet d'aller plus loin en autorisant les universités et les autres établissements d'enseignement supérieur à délivrer leurs diplômes ou leurs titres par une autre voie que celle de la formation ou l'apprentissage. La V.A.E. ramène la durée d'expérience de 5 à 3 ans.

From degreediscussion:

(QUOTE)

Postby uncle janko on Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:30 am

Stanislav wrote:Hmmm... Armenian church? As far as I know, Armenian Apostolic Church belongs to the family of Oriental Orthodox Church. This means bishops, laying-of-hands and Apostolic Succession. And this guy was not ordained by the Bishop. Therefore - to avoid taxation, he declares himself to be guilty of schism and sacrilegious "theft of priesthood". Is it just me or is it a very poor trade?


I'm with you. Moreover, the man is a flat-out liar. If the Chicago church on Diversey is too far to go (where this self-ordained wazoo is supposedly a parishioner!--don't the Armenians remember how to excommunicate?), there's one in Evanston, which is much closer. But wait...it gets better. There are TWO Armenian Apostolic churches in Waukegan, which is almost right next door to Lake Bluff!!! If the guy were an Armenian Protestant (which he's not) there's one in Rogers Park. If there's an Armenian Uniat church in Chicago, it escapes my memory. I am also sure that if he were concerned about his disabled family members any Armenian priest would make a pastoral call at his request. Regardless, the guy is a fraud and a shame. He bears as much relation to religion as Laetrile and coffee enemas do to medicine.
Doing good, doing well, raising hope and raising hell. Janko Shave.(UNQUOTE)

http://www.degreediscussion.com/forums/v...f=5&t=5764

I have objections to Pope Janko determining what is or is not a legimate religion. I think his list is up to one, the complete list being WELS, that conservative Lutheran organization with roots in Neanderthal, Germany.

But:

"He bears as much relation to religion as Laetrile and coffee enemas do to medicine."

He's learning.

After all, I must recognize the valiant efforts of all the morally flawless, self-righteous pundits at degreeinfo and degreediscussion. My limited abilities won't allow me to compose an anthem lyrical enough to celebrate these unselfish good men who brave all the dangers for the public's benefit, but here is what I did:
ANTHEM FOR DEGREEINFO AND DEGREEDISCUSSION

According to the State of Virginia Levicoff's 90%+ life experience degree from TESC is a degreemill degree. I could have guessed that considering his Knuckle dragging routines.

From degreeboard:


http://courses.degreeboard.com/mod/resou...w.php?id=2

(QUOTE)“Degree/diploma mill” means a postsecondary school or institution of higher education that meets any one of the following conditions: (i) ...; (ii) ... (iii) issues degrees, diplomas, or certification basing more than 50 percent of required credits on the student’s life or work experience. (UNQUOTE)

So the old ass pirate has a milled degree!