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Quote:Family tree
by John Bear on Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:25 am

Many years ago, I had a family tree diagram going, that suggested that just about every then-unaccredited school was connected in some way with any other.

Fred Calabro, the founder of Kensington was California Coast's lawyer. Forte left Kensington to start Pacific Western. Tom Lavin left Kensington to start Bedford and a few others. Ray Chasse left Pacific Western to start American Coastline, Summit, and a bunch of others. Frank McConnell left California Coast to start the University of Beverly Hills. Paul Saltmann left Beverly Hills to start Kennedy-Western. Don Breslow left Beverly Hills to start Century. Saltmann's doctorate was from DaCosta's Indiana Northern. Ray Sarna left Beverly Hills to start Louisiana Pacific. The president of one of the big California-authorized schools originally claimed his doctorate from Ernie Sinclair's Atlanta Southern. Sinclair later started California Pacifica and Hollywood Southern. And on and on and on.

It grew unwieldy and I stopped long ago. But I'd love to see it updated.

Ray Chasse left Pacific Western to start American Coastline, Summit, and a bunch of others.

John - you forgot that Ray Chasse left the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities to go to Pacific Western. That sure sounds like some mill. I bet you could get a PhD there in short order - under 9 months?

Dennis Ruhl Wrote:John - you forgot that Ray Chasse left the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities to go to Pacific Western.  

I'm surprised nobody beat me to the punch on this one.  

John Klempner, you forgot the biggest mill meister of them all--John Klempner!!

CPU, Fairfax, Greenwich, LIAR, Millard Fillmore, IIAS, etc., etc.

Herbert Spencer Wrote:CPU, Fairfax, Greenwich, LIAR, Millard Fillmore, IIAS, etc., etc.

I think Bear wins the prize.

Perhaps just more evidence of his encroaching senility, but Bear seems to be waxing nostalgic for those thrilling days of yesteryear, before he went over to the dark side, when unaccredited programs brought anti-establishment fun for all and he was still relevant.

Back then legit and utilitarian unaccredited degree programs flourished, and Bear truly was a useful engine for sorting the “good choices” from the “less than wonderfuls.”   Now that the higher education cartel has managed to eliminate or co-opt so much of its competition, the default issue has become just which government-enforced level of cartel approval to choose, RA or NA.   No Bear needed for that.  

Glory days, well they’ll pass you by.  Glory days, in the wink of a socialist’s eye…