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'''American Central University''' (ACU) is an [[educational accreditation|unaccredited]] [[distance learning]] [[Proprietary colleges|private, for-profit]]<ref>[https://wyobiz.wy.gov/Ecommerce/Common/FilingDetail.aspx?FilingNum=2003-000459197 Profit Corporation - Domestic], ACU filing at Secretary of State's Office, Wyoming. Retrieved 16 January 2008</ref> university licensed by the state of [[Wyoming]] in 2004.<ref>[http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html Private School Registration] Wyoming Department of Education. Retrieved 16 January 2008 {{wayback|url=http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html |date=20080913133223 }}</ref>{{dead|date=July 2015}}<ref name="AP"/>{{dead|date=July 2015}} The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization states that the institution may be run from [[Malaysia]].<ref name=odamill/>
'''American Central University''' (ACU) is an [[educational accreditation|unaccredited]] [[distance learning]] [[Proprietary colleges|private, for-profit]]<ref>[https://wyobiz.wy.gov/Ecommerce/Common/FilingDetail.aspx?FilingNum=2003-000459197 Profit Corporation - Domestic], ACU filing at Secretary of State's Office, Wyoming. Retrieved 16 January 2008</ref> university licensed by the state of [[Wyoming]] in 2004.<ref>|url=http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html |date=20080913133223 [{{cite web|url=http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html |accessdate=April 11, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913133223/http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html |archivedate=September 13, 2008 }} Private School Registration] {{wayback}} Wyoming Department of Education. Retrieved 16 January 2008 {{wayback|url={{cite web|url=http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html |accessdate=April 11, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913133223/http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html |archivedate=September 13, 2008 }} |date=20080913133223 }}</ref><ref name="AP"/>{{dead|date=July 2015}} The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization states that the institution may be run from [[Malaysia]].<ref name=odamill/>


==Controversy==
==Controversy==
According to the [[Associated Press]], "For not having even one qualified instructor in Wyoming, the agency prepared last fall [2004] to pull the school's license—only to have the process bog down while state attorneys deliberate how to do that."<ref name="AP">[http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt Tie to illegal degrees doesn't block Wyo. school licensing], by Mead Gruver, ''Casper Star Tribune'', March 12, 2005. {{wayback|url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt |date=20120205195030 }}</ref>{{dead|date=July 2015}}
According to the [[Associated Press]], "For not having even one qualified instructor in Wyoming, the agency prepared last fall [2004] to pull the school's license—only to have the process bog down while state attorneys deliberate how to do that."<ref name="AP">|url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt |date=20120205195030 [{{cite web|url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt |accessdate=February 20, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195030/http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt |archivedate=February 5, 2012 }} Tie to illegal degrees doesn't block Wyo. school licensing] {{wayback}}, by Mead Gruver, ''Casper Star Tribune'', March 12, 2005. {{wayback|url={{cite web|url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt |accessdate=February 20, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195030/http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt |archivedate=February 5, 2012 }} |date=20120205195030 }}</ref>


American Central University is being investigated for offering students false degrees from state universities, through their online courses.
American Central University is being investigated for offering students false degrees from state universities, through their online courses.

Revision as of 07:55, 10 March 2016

American Central University (ACU) is an unaccredited distance learning private, for-profit[1] university licensed by the state of Wyoming in 2004.[2][3][dead link‍] The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization states that the institution may be run from Malaysia.[4]

Controversy

According to the Associated Press, "For not having even one qualified instructor in Wyoming, the agency prepared last fall [2004] to pull the school's license—only to have the process bog down while state attorneys deliberate how to do that."[3]

American Central University is being investigated for offering students false degrees from state universities, through their online courses.

The Associated Press noted, "Wyoming licensed a Laramie-based online school last year even as its owner helped direct a Hawaii online school that was offering illegal medical degrees and was later shut down by a judge."[3][dead link‍] The article further explained, "The owner of American Central University, Adalat Khan, was the Malaysian regional director for American University of Hawaii, a fact that Wyoming education officials concede they overlooked in the documents Khan provided on his background."[3][dead link‍]

In July 2006 Wyoming passed a law requiring all schools to either have accreditation or be a candidate for it.[5] ACU applied for accreditation one day prior to the deadline, July 1, 2006, after which the law gives schools five years to get the accreditation.

Affiliations

American Central University is affiliated with the Mina Resource/Mina Management Institute in Malaysia.[3][dead link‍][6] Adalat Khan is the director/president of Mina Management Institute.[6]

It has been reported that "Khan runs a school in Perak, Malaysia, called the Mina Management Institute. For a time, American Central and American University of Hawaii were listed next to each other on the Mina Management Institute Web site as "distinguished partners" of the institute."[3][dead link‍][7] Adalat Khan's doctorate was bestowed in 1999 by the now defunct American University of Hawaii.[3][dead link‍]

The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization at one time said that "A web site called International DETC that recently emerged as part of an unaccredited entity called American Central University, is a fraudulent attempt to hijack the genuine DETC name and school list in order to advance the goals of a diploma mill. The diploma mill is probably operating out of Wyoming and/or Malaysia."[4][8]

Accreditation status

ACU is not accredited by any organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or the United States Department of Education. The use of unaccredited degree titles may be legally restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions.[9] Jurisdictions that have restricted or made illegal the use of credentials from unaccredited schools include Oregon,[10][11] Michigan,[12] Maine,[13] North Dakota,[11] New Jersey,[11][14] Washington,[10][15] Nevada,[10][16] Illinois,[10] Indiana,[10] Texas[17][18] and Korea.[19] Many other states are also considering restrictions on the use of degrees from unaccredited institutions.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ Profit Corporation - Domestic, ACU filing at Secretary of State's Office, Wyoming. Retrieved 16 January 2008
  2. ^ |url=http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html |date=20080913133223 [ https://web.archive.org/web/20080913133223/http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Private School Registration] Error in Webarchive template: Empty url. Wyoming Department of Education. Retrieved 16 January 2008 [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913133223/http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080913133223/http://www.k12.wy.us/F/psl/degree.html. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Archived] 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d e f g |url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt |date=20120205195030 [ https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195030/http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2007. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Tie to illegal degrees doesn't block Wyo. school licensing] Error in Webarchive template: Empty url., by Mead Gruver, Casper Star Tribune, March 12, 2005. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195030/http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195030/http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/wyoming/171b31f3699b832087256fc1003d8d3b.txt. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2007. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Archived] 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Warning - fake DETC web site:, Oregon Office of Degree Authorization Archived 2010-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Schools seek accreditation, by Mead Gruver, Casper Star Tribune, July 03, 2006
  6. ^ a b Mina Institute Approvals page
  7. ^ About Us, Archive of MINA Management Institute web page,
  8. ^ http://idetc.org/accredited_institution.htm
  9. ^ Diploma Mills and Accreditation, U.S. Department of Education
  10. ^ a b c d e Unaccredited Colleges, Oregon Office of Degree Authorization
  11. ^ a b c State mulls online learning by the Associated Press, Billings Gazette, January 30, 2005
  12. ^ Colleges and Universities not accredited by CHEA, Michigan Education and Children's Services
  13. ^ Accredited and Non-Accredited Colleges and Universities, Maine's List of Non-Accredited Post-Secondary Schools
  14. ^ Disputed degrees spur state changes, The New Jersey Star-Ledger, September 4, 2008
  15. ^ Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, Washington Consumer Information
  16. ^ Use of False or Misleading Degrees Nevada statute NRS 394.700
  17. ^ Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  18. ^ Two less doctors in the house - Hebert, Wilson back away from Ph.D.'s issued by ‘diploma mills', by Stephen Palkot, Fort Bend Herald, September 28, 2007
  19. ^ Guide to teaching English in Korea Koreapot.com
  20. ^ Is Oregon the only state that disallows use of unaccredited degrees? Oregon Office of Degree Authorization
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