08-17-2008, 02:14 AM
ham Wrote:Quote:All kidding aside, Gollin is highly intelligent and holds a very respectable position in the academic world.
...and he is known to outsiders for trolling on online forums talking about distance education, which he has no direct expertise of.
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You would think that out of all the schools that have come across the Gollin radar but been "cleared", he would made a positive comment on at least one. (e.g. "I have looked into ABC University and, with the assistance of associates, have determined that while they are unaccredited at this time, they are attempting to provide legitimate instruction. They show no signs of being a mill and may one day be on the road to accreditation.") This is something Bear did in the earlier editions of Bear's Guide to help differentiate between mills and legitimate unaccredited schools. [/quote]
The is the major part of the problem with George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin), his ego will never allow him to admit he was wrong about anything. That would demonstrate a weakness and as far as he;s concerned, he has none. The same applies to John Bear, you have never seen him reverse his initial opinion of an unaccredited school but, at least the next addition of his book will have the new slant the way his sees it.
George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) will target a school or individual in his role as a university professor to lend credibility to his lack of same. He has zero expertise in distance education or distance degree programs and touts his position as a university professor to make himself appear as though he knows that business. After all, schools are a business which educates people (students) but it is still a business.
George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) is an educated idiot with no common sense. When you screw up, be a man and admit it.
The other issue with George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) is that he is not qualified to be a CHEA member. When first appointed to CHEA and boasting about it on the forums, he was asked an accreditation question and had no clue.