To the best of my knowledge, the University of Phoenix has not (yet) been
certified by B.C. (perhaps because they haven't requested it).
At 04:08 PM 16/08/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>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
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