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Court upholds 'diploma mill' law

Quote:By JOAN BARRON
Star-Tribune capital bureau
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:28 AM MDT

CHEYENNE -- A law passed by the Legislature in 2006 to stiffen the requirements for private post-secondary educational institutions is constitutional, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled today.

The uninamous opinion also upheld rules adopted by the Wyoming Department of Education to enforce the law.

The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Newport International University against the Wyoming Department of Education and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jim McBride.

The 2006 law, designed to discourage so-called "diploma mills," requires private, post-secondary, degree-granting institutions to become accredited within five years, to be licensed by the department and meet the department's minimum standards.

Newport International filed suit when the department rejected its renewal application.

Wyoming Supreme Court upholds Wyo. accreditation law

Quote:Associated Press - June 25, 2008 6:15 PM ET

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld a 2-year-old state law requiring private colleges and universities to be accredited.

In a ruling released Wednesday, the high court sided with the state in a lawsuit filed by Laramie-based Newport International University.

Attorneys for Newport had argued that the accreditation law improperly delegated the state's regulatory authority to accrediting agencies. The university also said the accreditation law improperly set up two classifications of schools in Wyoming - those that are accredited and those that are not.

The Supreme Court sided with the state in both of those arguments.

State Superintendent Jim McBride praised the ruling.

An attorney for Newport says the university will continue working toward becoming accredited.

g-gollin Wrote:NIU's president Theron E. Dalton was the "United States Open University" guy before he was ball-peen-hammered into a thin, slightly bumpy sheet by the Bruntonator in 2003.

http://www.degreediscussion.com/forums/v...f=5&t=5702


Did Ted Dalton have 15 people write his PhD dissertation for him?  I kinda think not.

Armando Ramos Wrote:

g-gollin Wrote:NIU's president Theron E. Dalton was the "United States Open University" guy before he was ball-peen-hammered into a thin, slightly bumpy sheet by the Bruntonator in 2003.

http://www.degreediscussion.com/forums/v...f=5&t=5702


Did Ted Dalton have 15 people write his PhD dissertation for him?  I kinda think not.

George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) never does anything himself. He has a statement on his university allocated web page which indicates "to avoid being sued for intentional deprivation of financial gain," one must use a "buffer" between you and the target company. Like using the media, regulatory agencies, convincing another univerity to sue like Regigis University suing SRU or in is creative case against SRU, the US Secret Service.

George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) needs to hide behind others to avoid him being sued personally. George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) hides behind his university employer's lawyers by using his employment as his shield. When told to take down the web page back in 2003 by his university lawyers, he cried "academic freedom" to anyone who would listen in the media.

George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) was praised on the Regis University web site for pointing them to SRU.

So why would is be odd for George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) to have others provide his doctorate completion material?