Another John Bear Lie

[Albert Hidel]

On page 10 John Bear determines that "all of these schools have proper accreditation, whether it be regional, national, or international".

Difficult to tell, out of context like that, but isn't he just using the term "international" to mean "GAAP"?  Coming early in the book, without an opportunity to explain terms in detail, he may have just been simplifying to avoid confusing a new reader.

In another version of Bear's Guide he acknowledges that GAAP is "a moving target."
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It's important to recognize that no one in particular "determines" what GAAP is; by definition, it is the policies that are generally accepted and followed by a large majority of the relevant key decision-makers--university registrars and admissions officers, corporate human resources officers, and government agencies--that form the basis of these principles.  Because there's no official body to determine what GAAP is, it is also a somewhat a "moving target."

So as much as I would enjoy seeing Bear caught in another whopper, this looks to me more like a case of taking generally something that might have been intended to have a more specific meaning.  True, there is no "international accreditation," but there is GAAP, what the international community accepts as accredited (subject to change without notice).

For me Bear's vice is peddling degrees he knew were not accredited and had little or no general acceptance, promoting them as "good choices" in his books, and then denouncing the purchasers as criminals and "buffoons" for taking his word.  Obviously I'm not alone in that conclusion, which is why he is enshrined here.