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) >> >> > >St. Thomas University >http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > >For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -- ---------------------------------------------- Dr. Jennifer MacLennan ([log in to unmask]) Professor and D.K. Seaman Chair, Professional and Technical Communication Academic Director, Ron & Jane Graham Centre for the Study of Communication College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan 57 Campus Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9 (306) 966 5388 FAX: (306) 966 5205 (Dean's Office) www.engr.usask.ca/dept/techcomm/ ---------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-