On 6/21/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG
<guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
I did. Why don't you folk take the time to
get a credible
accreditation to answer your critics?
This sentence is kind of amusing: "This process is not primarily about
further study. It is mostly about the 'assembling' and credentialing -
by the issuance of degree and formal transcript - what you have
already accomplished. "
Heh:
But in various subjects, and in places which do not have a competitive
or ideological axe to grind, we are well-known and highly respected.
The media are not very helpful. Did you read in 1997 that the AAUA
announced us runner-up in the prestigious global Khaladjian Award
competition for Innovation in Higher Education (winner NY State U)?
No, you didn't read it, because not a single newspaper or magazine -
not even the locals in Vancouver BC or Bellingham WA - bothered to
report the item. Also, you won't usually find us in 'authoritative'
directories of universities, because we don't pay to be in them.
Hmm.
As a resident of the greater Vancouver area I take particular concern
with such outfits. This a couple years ago I defensively registered the
domain wikiversity.ca.
I can confirm that they are a registered charity in Canada. See
According to their most recent report they received $100 in income in
their last reported fiscal year. :-)
The circumlocutious writing style in their FAQs confirms the triple B
principle: Bulshit Baffles Brains.
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