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I have cut and pasted the e-mails that I got so far. I will update this periodically. I will post virtually anything but I will not post names or e-mail addresses or anything not relevant to this website. Most RECENT e-mails are at the bottom of the page.
I hired one of these people with thi so called Life experience degree and he turned out to screw up everything and I had to fire him. What a jerk.
WOW! It's about time someone had the kahones to tell it like it is! John Bear can kiss my ass.
Thanks to Suffield University, this is a tremendous accomplishment for me. If it wasn't for Suffield University I would not be able to list a BS degree and a Masters degree on my resue. This opens many doors for a government employee with oer 30 years of experience in "Project Management".
This is good for the person who like to go through life cheating. Get a real degree and then you don't have to know you cheated to get your crappy job anyway.
My Almeda University degree has opened a few doors for me but not as many as I hoped.
this are scams all of them.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I have a degree from Almeda University but have been afraid to add it to my resume because I wasn't sure how to represent it. You have opened my eyes. I have redone my resume and am facing the job market with renewed enthusiasm. I can't thank you enough!!!!
Always a pleasure, - Ed
If you think that five hundred bucks for a Life Experience degree is a rip-off, be aware that York University charges $1200.00 just in parking fees! Texas Tech charges an I.D. Maintenance fee. Here are some more actual fees charged by "legitimate" universities
Information Technology Fee
Library Fee
Cultural Activities Fee
Medical Services Fee
Student Services Fee
Late Payment Registration Fee
Testing Fee
Drop/Add Fee
Computer Lab Fee
Graduation Fee
Student Union Fee
Student Recreation Center Fee
Student Transportation Fee
ID Card Maintenance Fee
Student Business Services Fee
Intercollegiate Athletic Fee
Energy Fee, and more.
By the way, these fees are charged to all students. Not just the 50 percent that graduate.
It would be one thing if everyone who started college had a great experience there, graduated, and actually used their knowledge, not just the degree, to create a better life for themselves. But that's not always, or even usually, the case. According to ACT (http://www.act.org/news/releases/2002/11-15-02.html) 49 percent (nearly HALF) of all freshmen entering a traditional four-year college will not graduate. Fully 25 percent of the freshmen will not even return for their sophomore year. 10 percent of the freshmen withdraw from college before the end of the first semester. The colleges know this and they plan for it by having less housing for seniors than freshmen. Colleges do not even have the facilities to graduate all those freshmen entering their school.
Listen to this quote from a Forbes article entitled "Five Reasons to Skip College" published just last year (April 23, 2006): "For, in truth, most professions - journalism, software engineering, sales, and trading stocks to name but a few - depend far more on 'on-the-job' education than on classroom learning."
Isn't that the story behind the Life Experience degree? Get one and doors open-faster, easier, and much less expensively than by squandering years of your life and tens of thousands of your dollars on a traditional college "education".
Bogys rip offs and scams all of them.
Alls Ive got to say is that you better check on the return policy of these universities because some of them will steel your money and not give you a penny back at all no matter what and for any reason.
You can lie on the applications for these schools and nobody checks. I could write that I have 15 years working for a corporation and get my Life Experience degree when I never really worked there at all.
Thank goodness cheating on exams, plagiarizing, falsifying bibliographies, turning in work done by someone else, receiving improper assistance on assignments, and intentionally facilitating cheating on the part of others NEVER HAPPENS in TRADITIONAL American higher education. Right?
Wrong!
In a sample of 1,800 students at nine state universities, seventy percent of students admitted to cheating on exams, eighty-four percent to cheating on written assignments, and almost half to inappropriately collaborating with others on assignments (McCabe & Trevino, 1996). Source: ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges Los Angeles CA.
- Ed
Thank you for your candid information concerning Life Experience degrees. It seemed direct, straight forward and balanced.As a minister, I have completed vast amounts of study and research that were not part of a seminary or Bible school. I completed almost enough hours for a BBA from an accredited university but never returned to finish.Over forty years of being involved in church studies, ranging from being taught and teaching , all the major Christian doctrines, having written college level courses for my church and taught them, after teaching extension Bible college courses at my church, drafting theological papers for teaching advanced doctrinal courses and a manuscript that will probably become a text book, I think it would be safe to say that I have a great deal of theological knowledge.Because I'm now 60 years of age, returning to a "brick and mortar" school was not practical. While taking "on line" courses would have been an option, in reality, I would have probably retaken courses covering subjects I was already reasonably aware of. I continue to study and read to expand my knowledge to help others.Degrees can be earned from Harvard and other accredited institutions via the internet,My position is that the Bth, Mth, and DD that I earned from my life experience more than equates to classes taken in a regular class room. Since I taught some of these classes and wrote my own class materials on a college level, I think I have a reasonable base from which to speak.When I received my degrees, I took them to my pastor (who holds a PhD in clinical counseling from a well known Baptist, accredited university) and asked his opinion. He concluded that there was no problem with what I had done. He had even been ready to draft a letter of recommendation and experience should I need it.I think if someone is trying to use "life experience" that they don't have rather than attend college, they are in error.Having spent time in the professional world, a 4 year degree will get you only so far. You have to be able to "do the job" you're hired to do.Anyway, I thank you for this forum to share my position.I have all my diplomas proudly displayed. And, they didn't come "cheaply". I could not have "enrolled" and "earned" them had I not honestly "done the work".I humbly use my title of Dr. but I am proud of the accomplishment.There is. methinks, a place for Almeda University.
Thank you for your e-mail! - Ed.
This is xxxx from China, how are you doing?
I like your style because is direct and realistic. I've been reading your website and www.degreeinspector.com. Both are interesting and helpful. I've contacted Madison from degreeeinspector too.
I'm Italian and I was thinking to get a degree from Almeda University. I'm working here in China and I hope a degree will help me to find a better job.
Unfortunately I don't have a university education but only a high school diploma. On the other hand I have 10 years of experience in hotel and restaurant management. I used to work in the hotel owned by my family since I was a young boy. During the years I enhanced my skills, gained more responsabilities and attended courses to comply with the new regulations in matter of security and health. I feel I'm prepared and skilled enough, I speak Italian, English (I studied 6 months at university in California) and Mandarin Chinese (I attended one year of a language course at university in China, I'm an upper intermediate speaker) but unfortunately when I search for opportunities I'm turned down because I don't have any degree. For interesting positions a degree is mandatory, as written on the advertisements. I send my CV anyway, but I guess they are all rejected since I don't qualify with the minumum requirements (read degree).
I'm 34, I feel young and positive, and I would like to try new opportunities. In order to fill a manager post in China, and to get a working visa, as a foreigner I have to present a university degree (translated in Chinese) to the local autorities.
Since I've been living in China for 3 years and I know the trend here, I can say the situation it's quite different from USA, an Almeda University degree won't cause any trouble in order to obtain the working visa. The only problem would occur if I want to apply for jobs in foreign owned companies, expecially American ones, but it's also true those companies are private owned and not governative.
Thank you very much for your attention, I wish you all the best.