Yeah, strange times.

Strange times.

- Peace

It’s a good idea, take your time.:^)

I can appreciate the need to correct any errors, and did not mean to imply all online schooling was sub-standard ripoffs.

I latched onto Haggards statements over the last year that he and his wife were going to pursue online degrees. He originally went to Oral Roberts, they are accredited or recognized by several groups.

Arizona State and Phoenix College would probably have online modules, ( he originally stated he wanted a psychology degree, his wife a sociology degree) it’s possible that’s what he meant, I’ve seen no clarification.
They have qualified faculty, distance learning a great way to study, especially for busy adults upgrading.

“…the denominations that they are most interested in are tens, twenties, fifties and hundreds.”

ar arr arrr!

I’ve been working with a friend on a piece regarding fake degrees -especially in Canada’s fundamentalist sub-culture, and I appreciate you taking time to help clarify.

The Wikipedia you link to is a bit of a hatchet job on them, even though I’m no fan of theirs. The coursework is often done in an accelerated format that often doesn’t do the material justice; many other colleges have copied that format.

I had not heard of that pro-Mormon bias issue (which I confirmed with a quick Google) but the school seems to be secular in it’s curriculum; the denominations that they are most interested in are tens, twenties, fifties and hundreds.

I’ll take issue with the line that they are “without qualified professors.”

When I was teaching at Warner Southern College, one of my colleagues was adjuncting at UofP’s Tampa campus. She had a master degree in Finance and was a good teacher; they kept her when they let me go three years ago.

One difference with UofP was that they had slightly lower standards for graduate faculty. SACS, who accredits the southeastern states, makes graduate school faculty have a terminal degree in their field, while North Central, which covers Arizona where UofP is based, allows (or allowed in 2004) folks with a master’s degree to teach graduate coursework. Thus, my colleague was able to teach MBA classes at UofP while she wasn’t allowed to at WSC.

The minimum credentials for either SACS or North Central are a master’s degree and 18 graduate semester hours in the field you’re teaching. That’s far short of the doctorates that most of your state-school profs have, but far from unqualified.