Tuesday, January 8, 2008

NEWBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Has anybody besides me been ripped off by a bogus diploma mill?
They're everywhere now.
I've been doing some research, and man, there are literally THOUSANDS of them. Tuition rates are usually "affordable", as they like to advertise. But the degree isn't worth the paper it's wrote on. For example, I have a degree from the University of Metaphysics. Then, one day, I saw their name on a CHEA list of unaccredited diploma mills. I was floored!
Here's what's worse. Recently, I enrolled in a theological school to do a Bachelor of Theology in Christian Counselling at what appears also to be a diploma mill. It's called
NEWBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. They're based out of Newburgh, Indiana. The parent company is a so-called ministry organization by the name: Helpers in Ministry.
No accreditation standards. No accrditation, apparantly, by anyone or ANY organization.
WHEN IS CHEA GOING TO LIST THEM AS THE UNACCREDITED DIPLOMA MILL THAT THEY ARE?
Has anybody else been rippe off by fake schools like this? I'm sure there are, even if you're too embarassed, or too dishonest, to come forth and say so.
Let's SHUT 'EM DOWN!
These fake degrees are worthless, and worse, deceptive to employers, our economies, etc. The other problem is that a fake degree can allow terrorists to gain entry (and infiltrate our security and defense mechanisms) and gain terrorist-aimed income sources. They get into jobs where they can do damage or cause time delays, scene casings, etc. This is serious stuff! As for my fake degrees, they're now just wall hangings, and I immediately tell any employer that they are unaccrdited credentials, so I only list them as self development studies, nothin more. That's the right thing to do, or burn them!
Anyway, I'd like to hear who else has been burned by these bogus schools.

Bye for Now.
Gene Collins
Canada