That's *exactly* what it looks like, Russ.
Check out the University of Phoenix, as well -- they also have
"campuses", if that's what they can rightly be called, in various part
of Canada, including Calgary.
Russ Hunt wrote:
>This is amazing. From _New Jersey_ to beautiful BC? Sure looks
>like it:
>
>http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=4003
>
>On their web site, this gem: "We are the first non-Canadian
>institution to gain approval under the new more stringent
>standards adopted by British Columbia in 2003." Were there
>others before these, um, "more stringent" standards were
>introduced? The whole page, a triumphal note by the FDU
>president, is worth reading. Another sample: "I´m confident
>that we will attract international students from throughout the
>world, many of whom are unable to obtain visas to study in the
>United States, but seek the rigor of an American university
>degree program."
>
>Rigor?
>
>I confess to being alarmed by this: it sure looks like the
>beginning of the Walmartization of postsecondary education to me
>. . .
>
>-- Russ
>
>
>
>>This may of interest to some CASLL readers in Metro Vancouver. (I didn't
>>know FDU was opening a branch in Vancouver)
>>
>>
>
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