http://www.cimea.it/files/fileusers/Sorbon.pdf

It appears (15 OCT 2011) that the wonderful Sorbo franchise (UNIVERSITE' FRANCOPHONE ROBERT DE SORBON, ECOLE SUPERIEURE ROBERT DE SORBON).
CHRISTIAN PRADE is fined euro 15.000 by a French court for fraud.
It is interesting to know the great seat of learning was...in a farm in the French countryside.
PFFT!

Oregon's former ODA head, the adjudicated civil rights violator and anti-Christian bigot Alan Contreras, has moved to Medford and started up some sort of....business? consultancy?? expert opinion service??? general bullshit vendor????

Here's a copy of his letter to NACIQI, where he advocates nationalizing accreditation, which shows his new address and contact info:

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Quote:

Alan L. Contreras
College Evaluations • Higher Education Policy
818 Grant Avenue, Medford Oregon 97501 • (541) 510-6161 • acontrer56@gmail.com

November 6, 2011

Melissa Lewis, Director, NACIQI
U.S. Department of Education
Room 8060
1990 K Street NW
Washington DC 20006

Dear Ms. Lewis:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the NACIQI discussion draft, Higher Education Accreditation Reauthorization Policy Considerations. This is an excellent, well-written and very useful document.

I recently retired after fifteen years working for state agencies that were responsible for postsecondary oversight and college approvals. Most of this time was as administrator of the Oregon Office of Degree Authorization. I am also serving as a member of the drafting team for the efforts currently underway through the Council of State Governments to produce a viable interstate compact for the authorization of colleges that would have the effect of making it easier for colleges to operate in multiple states. Thus I have worked with many of the issues discussed in the draft.

Linkages between academic quality and consumer protection

One of the difficulties that you have addressed in the draft is that there are good reasons for the three "triad" functions to overlap. One of these that is perhaps not well understood is that consumer protection covers more than obvious fraud and fakery. It also covers academic quality and many technical issues subsumed within the idea of quality.

For example, it is fairly common for colleges that expand into multiple states to be lax in their determination of how their programs are classified under the laws of that state. This is expecially true in licensed professions. A college may decide to offer a program in a state without realizing that graduates of the program do not meet the requirements to practice a profession in that state. I am not sure that this situation can be classified solely as consumer protection or as academic quality--it has elements of both.

Oversight of program content in this situation seems to me primarily a state function, as the state is best situated to most easily deal with interagency issues such as licensure. Consumer protection includes the need for state action to ensure that colleges do not offer programs that are decoupled from state licensing requirements.

For this reason I suggest that any final version of the NACIQI document expressly recognize that the issue of program content as it relates to legal requirements for professional practice be considered primarily a state function under the triad theory.

The nature of responsibility for colleges

At a basic level, the entity that is responsible for the quality of what a college does is the entity that authorizes the college to operate as a degree-granter. In most cases this is a state. For example, Harvard is allowed to issue degrees because it has a charter from Massachusetts that says that it can do so. The rather elaborate methods used to convert its Royal charter to a state charter at the time of U.S. independence make for humorous reading, but the principle is absolutely clear. In a few cases, the legal responsibility for a college's degree authority arises from the federal government or from a sovereign Indian tribe.

Because this is true, the triad is not always exactly the same configuration. The federal government has a much greater responsibility for its own institutions (e.g., the service academies) and those it may charter, e.g. Gallaudet, which holds a Congressional charter as a degree granter. Likewise, the ultimate responsibility for qualitative oversight of a tribally chartered college such as Sinte Gleska or Salish Kootenai rests with tribal authorities.

The triad must therefore be viewed as having slightly adjustable legs. The functions that we customarily think of as belonging to "states" in fact belong to the chartering or "home" licensing entity. This is usually a state, but can be another source of governmental authority.

Funding for oversight

One of the issues that we face in looking at these issues is that although federal needs may add to what an accreditor (or even a state) is expected to do, these expectations do not come with a check enclosed. If accreditors or states are to perform functions because the federal government needs them to, then the federal government needs to cover the cost of doing that. This is done today at least in part in at least two somewhat similar situations, Veteran's approving offices (in which the state-based staff doing the screening is subsidized with federal funds) and IPEDS data gathering (in which costs of necessary national meetings are paid for from federal sources). It is not appropriate for the federal government to simply dump a function onto the states when the function is federal in nature.

Other issues

I concur that there is no particular reason for institutional accreditors to be regional in nature, with one exception that relates to other goals mentioned in the document. If closer working ties between states and accreditors are desirable, which I think they are, then having accreditation done nationally based on institution type in effect makes closer working ties somewhat more difficult.

I think a review of the cost of accreditation is appropriate, but it must necessarily be done as part of a consideration of the cost of existing and potential alternative processes. Information about the cost of accreditation is not very useful viewed in isolation.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this draft.

Sincerely,

Alan Contreras

Quote:CHEA director George Gollin will host the nation's largest Koran burning at his home at 813 W University Avenue, Champaign, Illinois, on April 1, 2012. It is believed George Gollin will burn 25,000 copies of the sacred Muslim book to demonstrate his solidarity with anti-religious civil rights violators.

George Gollin is well known for his Marxist and racist rhetoric, as well as his questionable relationships with gay boy pornographers and cultists seeking to destroy the American free enterprise system.

George Gollin claims to hold a doctoral degree from an Ivy League university, but informed sources in higher education believe that claim may be false. George Gollin has admitted that the dissertation he submitted was authored by 15 other students, an inappropriate collaboration for which no reputable university would award a doctoral degree.

George Gollin's domestic partner, Mel Loots, was cited by the FDA for selling mutant lab pigs to the public for food.

Self-anointed "expert" Gus Sainz used to boast of having "two RA degrees" and posted a link to a list of online MBA degrees in his sig. Then it was discovered one of his vaunted RA degrees was an AA from his local juco, and the other was a humanities BA acquired a mere 110 days later from TESC.

It looks like the rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Check out NickSainz.com and click on his resume. Or just check the copy attached below. Nick Sainz is Nicholas D. Sainz, Goose's adult son, who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BS in Computer Science.


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Looks like he did it the old fashioned, cheeks-in-seats way, and it took him four years, not 110 days. So far, so good.

But wait, what's with this claimed work experience? If the kid is in college in Pittsburgh from 2007 to 2011, how is it he was working for this "NewMed Corporation" in Miami from 2003 to 2009?

Well, in fact, "NewMed Corporation" is a DBA for another company--Sainz Medical Systems, Inc. Yup, the same one operated by dear old dad himself.

"This is Me!"

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And it seems that not only did that DBA expire in 2004, but Sainz Medical Systems itself expired in 2005 when it was administratively dissolved by the Florida Secretary of State for failing to file its annual report.

http://ccfcorp.dos.state.fl.us/scripts/f...9208900178

http://ccfcorp.dos.state.fl.us/scripts/c...ling_type=

So how is it exactly that you work two years in another state for a company that doesn't exist?

It looks like whoever wrote that resume was playing a little fast and loose with the facts.

And just who was the author of that document?

For the answer, click on "File" in Adobe and then "Properties." The author is shown as......none other than Gus Sainz, the King of Cantinfleando himself!

And the title of the document is "Leslie Ann Sainz." That seems like an odd title for a document purporting to be the resume of Nick Sainz. Who is Leslie Ann Sainz? Why Goose's adult daughter, of course.

LinkedIn tells us that lovely Leslie Ann Sainz also attends Carnegie Mellon, where she is majoring in......Creative Writing. It must be in her genes, because when it comes to pulp fiction few are more creative than dear old daddy Goose.


Leslie Ann Sainz
Pulp fiction in her genes?

Quote:Students told Indian consulate officials that they were searched, treated rudely and handcuffed before being taken into immigration offices for questioning, Thomas said.

Many have been forced to wear ankle bracelets to track their movements with radio frequency signals, and they must report to immigration officials regularly while they go through deportation proceedings, Gongulee Thomas said.

Now is this really PhD level thinking? Rich Douglas believes his boss doesn't know what she's doing and needs an excuse. His boss doesn't have a PhD, came from the operations side of the house and has the same pay grade he has, all of which apparently makes her inept, inferior and "not an expert"--in his eyes.

So.....he puts it out on the internet where everyone in the world can read it.

Well let's just hope that nobody directs it to the Boss Lady's attention, or somebody might need to start tuning up that "expert" resume.

Rich Douglas Wrote:On a related note, I work with someone who also holds a Ph.D. We are subject-matter experts in our organization's mission, but our supervisor isn't. She got put in the position from the operations side of the house and we later got slid under her (even though we're all the same pay grade). Anyway, she occasionally refers to us as "the doctors," and it's meant to imply we're too theoretical and not practical enough. In fact, she just doesn't know what she's doing and needs an excuse. In reality, my colleague and I are long-time practitioners, not academics. It's one of those times I would just as soon not be called "doctor."

Quote:Executive Director, CHCO Council: Kathryn Medina



Office of Personnel Management

Phone: (202) 606-2076 Fax: 202-271-4314

Email: Kathryn.Medina@opm.gov


Kathryn Medina serves as the Executive Director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. In this role, she coordinates and oversees the broad portfolio of Council activities and works closely with Council members and other stakeholders to support its mission and implementation of its goals and objectives. She also serves as a liaison to the CIO, CFO and CAO Councils.

Ms. Medina has over fourteen years of experience in human resources and administration, with a primary focus on organizational and HR development. She joins the Office of Personnel Management from the global law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, where she was a key member of the global HR team, and managed the human resources department for the Washington, DC office. Her work at Paul Hastings focused on the strategic development and implementation of HR and administrative best practices, as well as the oversight of human resources programs and policies for the DC office of over 230 employees.

Prior to her time at Paul Hastings, she spent over 8 years managing law firms in Washington, DC and Chicago. During that time, she was responsible for building, supporting and directing efficient administrative systems that included: strategic management of human resources; strategic planning and accountability for results oriented performance; management of budgeting and accounting functions; delivery of technical and administrative support training; direction of space and related logistical functions; automated office support systems, information technology and information resources management; telecommunication, records management; and litigation support.

In 2004, she earned her CLM (Certified Legal Manager) certification, the highest industry distinction for a legal administrator. She has been a member of the ALA (Association of Legal Administrators) since 2006. In 2009 she chaired the Media and Communications Committee of the Capital Chapter of the ALA. As Chair, she was the Editor-in-Chief for the Capital Connection, the Chapter’s award-winning newsletter.

Ms. Medina earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, summa cum laude. She holds a Master of Education in Global Human Resource Development from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) through the HR Certification Institute.

Ms. Medina is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). She currently serves on the Executive Advisory Committee of the Interagency Resource Management Conference (IRMCO).

I read this in a doctoral candidate's thesis:

This is to certify that I am responsible for the work submitted in this thesis, that the original work is my own except as specified in acknowledgements, and that neither the thesis nor the original work contained therein has been submitted to this or any other institution for a higher degree. (Emphasis added.)

Intriguing. The university (a top 15 UK uni), prohibits a student from submitting work that had previously been submitted towards a degree. So, if someone submitted his work to a school for a degree and later submitted the same work to another school for a degree, wouldn't that be unethical? It sure seems so.

"I receive a great many letters from people who ask essentially the same question. You have written about a great many schools. Please tell me which one is best of all."

"Here, then, are my personal six favorite schools in each of five categories. There are many other "GOOD" schools and programs as well."

Non-Residential Programs
Doctorate

1-University of South Africa
2-Columbia Pacific University
3-Pacific Western University
4-International Institute for Advanced Studies
5-California Coast University
6-Kensington University

--John Bear, Ph.D. "How to Earn an American University Degree Without Ever Going to America"--1982, California, Mendocino Book Company--Page 111-112, Section 63

Quote:What Kids Now Learn in College
Dennis Prager
Feb 29, 2012

As high school seniors throughout America will be receiving acceptance letters to colleges within the next month, it would be nice for parents to meditate on what they are getting for the $20–$50,000 they will pay each year.

The United States is no better than any other country, and in many areas worse than many. On the world stage, America is an imperialist country, and domestically it mistreats its minorities and neglects its poor, while discriminating against non-whites.

There is no better and no worse in literature and the arts. The reason universities in the past taught Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and Bach rather than, let us say, Guatemalan poets, Sri Lankan musicians, and Native American storytellers was “Eurocentrism.”

God is at best a non-issue, and at worst, a foolish and dangerous belief.

Christianity is largely a history of inquisitions, crusades, oppression, and anti-intellectualism. Islam, on the other hand, is “a religion of peace.” Therefore, criticism of Christianity is enlightened, while criticism of Islam is Islamophobia.

Israel is a racist state, morally no different from apartheid South Africa.

Big government is the only humane way to govern a country.

The South votes Republican because it is still racist and the Republican party caters to racists.

Mothers and fathers are interchangeable. Claims that married mothers and fathers are the parental ideal and bring unique things to a child are heterosexist and homophobic.

Whites can be racist; non-whites cannot be (because whites have power and the powerless cannot be racist).

The great world and societal battles are not between good and evil, but between rich and poor and the powerful and the powerless.

Patriotism is usually a euphemism for chauvinism.

War is ignoble. Pacifism is noble.

Human beings are animals. They differ from “other animals” primarily in having better brains.

We live in a patriarchal society, which is injurious to women.

Women are victims of men.

Blacks are victims of whites.

Latinos are victims of Anglos.

Muslims are victims of non-Muslims.

Gays are victims of straights.

Big corporations are bad. Big unions are good.

There is no objective meaning to a text. Every text only means what the reader perceives it to mean.

The American Founders were sexist, racist slaveholders whose primary concern was preserving their wealthy status.

The Constitution says what progressives think it should say.

The American dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima was an act of racism and a war crime. The wealthy have stacked the capitalist system to maintain their power and economic benefits.

The wealthy Western nations became wealthy by exploiting Third World nations through colonialism and imperialism.

Defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman is as immoral as defining marriage as the union of a white and a white.

Some conclusions:

If this list is accurate — and that may be confirmed by visiting a college bookstore and seeing what books are assigned by any given instructor — most American parents and/or their child are going into debt in order to support an institution that for four years, during the most impressionable years of a person’s life, instills values that are the opposite of those of their parents.

And that is intentional.

As Woodrow Wilson, progressive president of Princeton University before becoming president of the United States, said in a speech in 1914, “I have often said that the use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.”

In 1996, in his commencement address to the graduating seniors of Dartmouth College, the then president of the college, James O. Freedman, cited the Wilson quote favorably. And in 2002, in another commencement address, Freedman said that “the purpose of a college education is to question your father’s values.”

For Wilson, Freedman, and countless other university presidents, the purpose of a college education is to question (actually, reject) one’s father’s values, not to seek truth. Fathers represented traditional American values. The university is there to undermine them.

Still want to get into years of debt?