American University of London
The American University of London (AUOL) is a for-profit unaccredited educational institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business, Information Technology, Law, Education & Liberal Arts, Humanities and English, solely by distance learning.[1] It should not be confused with the American University in London, which is also unaccredited.[2]
The institution has no campus and does not award British qualifications. According to its website, it is incorporated in St. Kitts and Nevis. The website lists mailing addresses in London and Houston, Texas.[1] Bear's Guide and the unaccredited schools lists maintained by three U.S. states indicate that the institution is associated with the Anacrusis Institute (an unaccredited institution based in Greece and the United Kingdom); Bear's Guide also links it to Trinity College of London.[2][3][4][5]
The university's website[1] states that it is accredited in the United States by agencies specializing primarily in distance learning" and by the World Association of Universities and Colleges, which is an unrecognized accreditation agency. The website also says that it "...has an agreement with a renowned agency in the USA (considered to be one of the leading professional foreign credential evaluation agencies in the country, for the issuance of Equivalency Certificates to AUOL graduates)".
The American University of London was listed by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan as an institution that was operating illegally in Pakistan and that would, therefore, be closed down in 2006.[6] It also appears on lists of unaccredited colleges and universities maintained by the U.S. states of Maine[3] and Oregon.[4]
The Arab News called American University of London a diploma mill.[7]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Official website (Accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ a b Bear, Mariah P. and John Bear. Bear's Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning. Ten Speed Press, 2003.
- ^ a b "Non-Accredited Colleges & Universities List". State of Maine Department of Education. http://www.maine.gov/education/highered/Non-Accredited/a-am.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ^ a b "Unaccredited colleges". State of Oregon Office of Degree Authorization. http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ^ Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, accessed October 22, 2010
- ^ Public Alert on Substandard Private Universities, Pakistan Higher Education Commission, archived August 25, 2007
- ^ What’s real and what’s fake?, Wala Hawari & Samir Al-Saadi, Arab News, 7 April 2009
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