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Revision as of 10:27, 28 February 2005 by 203.221.26.171 (talk) (→External links)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Kennedy-Western University is a correspondence school that offers degrees through the Ph.D. level, its major areas of study being in engineering and business.
Kennedy-Western University was one of the unaccredited schools figuring in the hearings of the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on May 11 and 12, 2004. A former employee, Andrew Coulombe, testifying to the committee, described his feeling that his work there was unethical and summarized it thus: "I can tell you that there is no value to a Kennedy-Western education. Anything you learn there can be learned by buying a book and reading it on your own." This is of course true of many Universities, so not a reliable source of information. Critics claim that this employee was at odds with KWU.
It is no longer characterized as a diploma mill in the list of unaccredited institutions of the (ODA)Office of Degree Authorization of the state of Oregon. It may no longer be classified as a diploma mill in Oregon because the University successfully sued the ODA on constitutional grounds. Alumni must list their degrees as an unaccredited institution.
External links
- Kennedy-Western University, official website
- Office of Degree Authorization - Official State of Oregon Website
- Non-accredited Schools (Michigan gov. document)
- Wired News
- WOAI
- Statement of Andrew Coulombe before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs