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Walden University Hosts 2008 Presidential Youth Debate Online PR Newswire via Yahoo News Unaccredited degrees at heart of hearing Examiner
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Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Elections Science Health Most Popular Secondary Navigation Politics Video Elections White House Congress U.S. Government World Supreme Court Press Releases Search All News Yahoo News Only News Photos Video Audio Advanced Walden University Hosts Presidential Youth Debate Online Wed Oct AM ET To EDUCATION EDITORS Contact Ana Sanchez ana.sanchezlaureate inc.com for Walden University MINNEAPOLIS Oct. PRNewswire USNewswire Walden University will host The Walden University Presidential Youth Debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama . Airing online on Monday Oct. at noon Eastern time the debate will enable young Americans to ask questions that the two major presidential candidates will answer. The event can be viewed at www.debate.WaldenU.edu and is free and open to the public. Participants nationwide between the ages of and submitted questions that both presidential candidates will answer at the debate via pre recorded video. Debate moderators selected the top questions which were then posted online so all young Americans could vote on the final questions. Those questions along with videotaped answers from McCain and Obama will air online during The Walden University Presidential Youth Debate. This presidential campaign has excited and engaged young people more than any in decades. And Walden University is thrilled and honored to host this year s presidential youth debate as a part of a broader campaign to increase civic awareness and social responsibility among Americans of all ages said Jonathan A. Kaplan president of Walden University. The Presidential Youth Debate was founded to focus presidential candidates on issues important to America s youth and every major presidential candidate has participated in the Presidential Youth Debate since . Visit www.debate.WaldenU.edu for more information. About Walden University Since Walden University has offered working professionals the opportunity to earn advanced degrees through distance learning. Today this comprehensive accredited online university offers master s and doctoral degrees in education psychology management public policy and administration and health and human services as well as master s programs in engineering and IT and bachelor s programs in business administration psychology child development and computer information systems. Walden University is a member of Laureate International Universities a leading global network of accredited campus based and online universities. For more information visit www.WaldenU.edu . Walden University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association www.ncahlc.org . SOURCE Walden University Email Story IM Story Printable View Yahoo Buzz Politics News Todd Palin Contacts with wife s staff were proper AP Rivals competing for voters trust on economy AP McCain housing proposal Easier said than done AP Obama rejects McCain s plan to buy mortgages AP Candidates tout economic bona fides Politico Most Viewed Politics Obama rejects McCain s plan to buy mortgages AP Son of Tenn. Democrat indicted in Palin hacking AP Missouri officials suspect fake voter registration AP The worst debate ever Politico McCain Obama compete for voters trust on economy AP Politics Video Prejudice in the election CNN Wed Oct PM ET Two unrealistic economic plans Reuters Wed Oct PM ET Presidential Sparring ABC News Wed Oct PM ET Cover Girl FOX News Wed Oct PM ET Politics Video Prejudice in the election CNN Two unrealistic economic plans Reuters All news video News Search Search Related Searches Walden University presidential candidate The Higher Learning Commission SOURCE Walden University Yahoo News Topic Pages In depth coverage on Sarah Palin the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention . Elsewhere on the Web McClatchy Newspapers Appeals court blocks release of Guantanamo detainees Politico The worst debate ever ABC News Obama McCain Scoring Cheap Political Points in Personal Attacks below use class hide to hide the promo use class to show it Good Morning Yahoo man day skydives Play Speed jumping feat is all for a good cause See today s talked about videos Yahoo Games New Games Take a break and play some hot new games now NEWS ALERTS Get an alert when there are new stories about accredited online university Walden University presidential candidate The Higher Learning Commission SOURCE Walden University More alerts Yahoo My Yahoo Mail Search All News Yahoo News Only News Photos Video Audio Advanced Primary Navigation Home U.S Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Travel Most Popular Odd News Opinion We see a lot of these diploma mills.where what they re offering are not legitimate diplomas that are going to people to show they have an education that they haven t actually earned Better Business Bureau President and CEO Sheryl Bilbrey said. Typically your diploma mills will not ask you to attend classes will not have you take exams and will offer diplomas for a flat fee she said. News contacted a company that advertised its services with an email offering a cheap Bachelor s Master s or even a PhD. We were told that for not only could we get a Master s degree from a London based university but transcripts and even recommendation letters to back it up. We asked if we would have to take any classes and were told no. The seller knows it s fake the buyer knows it s fake Bilbrey said. If you work as a recruiter for a company or you own a business where you have to hire people here are some tips from eHow.com to spot phony diplomas If you ve never heard of the school try to contact it. If no one answers that s probably a bad sign. Find out if the school is accredited and if so by what institution. Look for spelling and grammar errors. Ask the school to verify enrollment. Even if the school is legitimate the diploma can still be a fake. Federal investigators are looking into one case of nearly people suspected of buying junk degrees from the phony St. Regis University based out of Washington State. If you re researching a school you re not familiar with a good place to start is the Council for Higher Education Accreditation which has an extensive database of legitimate schools and institutions. Video Watch Video Story Links Diploma Mills DHEA Printable Story Click Here Share Save Story digg Newsvine del.icio.us Technorati Email this story Get the CONSUMER ALERT Email Newsletter in your Inbox each Monday Email Information about E Newsletters. Edit your E Newsletter profile. Consumer Alert Million Dollar Homes Cost A Whole Lot Less You Might Not Be Getting Savings Energy Star Promises BBB Online Diploma Mills Selling Bogus Degrees Consumer Reports Tests Carry On Luggage Some Things Still Sell Well Even In A Bad Economy BBB Free Gift Offer Misleads Consumers How Much Do Hybrid Owners Save Down The Road Cable Customers Targeted in Email ID Theft Scam More Consumer Alert Stories AARP Federal Trade Commission Consumer Reports Dangerous Toys Homeowner And Renter Assistance Violent Non Violent toys Raise Quiz Spam Jammers Blocking spam on computers DigiPortal MailWasher Junkbusters Mailshell Tax Information for members of the U.S. Armed Forces Internal Revenue Service The tax laws provide some special benefits for active members of the U.S. Armed Forces including those serving in combat zones. Copyright Midwest Television Read our Privacy Policy Satellite TV Waiver Info HDTV Information RSS On Oct. in Trenton the state Senate Education Committee heard testimony on legislation put forth by Senate President Richard J. Codey Sen. Shirley K. Turner and Sen. Jennifer Beck. The legislation was released from the committee with a vote. It now heads to the Senate for consideration. Under the terms of S all degrees awarded to an employee must be verified as coming from an accredited institution. The bill also stipulates that in order to qualify for tuition assistance advanced coursework must be related to the employee s job responsibilities and that a grade of B or higher must be earned. A return service obligation will be in place so that employees will continue to work in a school district for a certain period of time after receiving tuition assistance. Leaving the district prior to the specified time would require the individual to pay back the tuition. Bill S will also limit the amount of tuition reimbursement. Michael A. Vrancik the director of governmental relations for the New Jersey School Boards Association NJSBA provided testimony before the Senate Education Committee on Oct. . Frankly NJSBA is alarmed that even a small number of educators would use degrees from non accredited institutions to earn additional salary and received tuition reimbursement. The public outrage over such practices is warranted as is a legislative response such as S Vrancik told the committee according to a copy of his testimony. Local public outrage has been focused on the Freehold Regional High School District where two current administrators and one retired administrator received doctoral degrees from Breyer State University a discredited online institution. FRHSD Superintendent of Schools James Wasser Assistant Superintendent Donna Evangelista and Frank J. Tanzini a retired assistant superintendent were each awarded a pay increase after receiving an advanced degrees. The district paid in tuition costs to Breyer State University for all three employees. Breyer State University has been booted from operating in various states across the country after being named an apparent diploma mill. Following an investigation by the state Department of Education a report was released which stated that due to contractual language the administrators broke no laws in obtaining degrees from Breyer State which was accredited but not by an entity that was recognized as a bona fide accrediting agency. In a separate investigation New Jersey Commission on Higher Education Executive Director Jane Oates determined that the individuals cease their use of the doctoral title because Breyer State is not considered a duly authorized institution lacking accreditation from an agency recognized by the Department of Education. These instances of abuse as disturbing as they may be are not the norm. They do not reflect the behavior of the majority of school employees. Moreover many school districts have in place appropriate controls either through collective bargaining agreements individual employment contracts or policy Vrancik noted. Legislative leaders from the th district which covers the area of the Freehold RegionalHigh School District have said the law needs to be changed to close the loophole which allows degrees from institutions such as Breyer State University to be counted as legitimate credentials. Beck testified When my staff and I researched this issue and the legality of all of it we quickly came to a shocking realization while it is against the law in New Jersey to use the title Doctor or any letters after your name which indicate you have received an advanced degree if you have received that title from an unaccredited institution the law is silent on the issue of tuition reimbursement or the granting of additional compensation based on such a degree. So basically you can t call yourself Doctor but you can be paid like one. In September Wasser addressed the public at an FRHSD Board of Education meeting and said he would stop using the Doctor title and would forgo the raise going forward. Following the uproar that resulted from the discovery of the degrees Codey spoke out and asked New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Lucille Davy to investigate practices surrounding tuition reimbursement for and raises made to school administrators who received degrees from unaccredited online schools. The original draft of S reflected strategies that NJSBA recommends to local school boards but the association made changes to further strengthen the bill by providing additional protection of public funds along with flexibility that would enable school boards to align tuition reimbursement with district educational goals. In the state Assembly sits bill A which goes hand in hand with the Senate version. Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini Assemblyman Declan O Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande have signed on as primary sponsors of A . The bill s description states that tuition assistance or additional compensation may only be provided if a degree is conferred by an accredited institution. Angelini had previously said We want our academic leadership to exemplify the pursuit of excellence not set an example of how to cut corners. Last month Casagrande called the legislation a good first step and added that legislators would look to work with legislative leaders to broaden the law to all public employees. Contact Rebecca Morton at marlborogmnews.com.
Walden University Hosts 2008 Presidential Youth Debate Online PR Newswire via Yahoo News Unaccredited degrees at heart of hearing Examiner
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:37:26 +0000
Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Elections Science Health Most Popular Secondary Navigation Politics Video Elections White House Congress U.S. Government World Supreme Court Press Releases Search All News Yahoo News Only News Photos Video Audio Advanced Walden University Hosts Presidential Youth Debate Online Wed Oct AM ET To EDUCATION EDITORS Contact Ana Sanchez ana.sanchezlaureate inc.com for Walden University MINNEAPOLIS Oct. PRNewswire USNewswire Walden University will host The Walden University Presidential Youth Debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama . Airing online on Monday Oct. at noon Eastern time the debate will enable young Americans to ask questions that the two major presidential candidates will answer. The event can be viewed at www.debate.WaldenU.edu and is free and open to the public. Participants nationwide between the ages of and submitted questions that both presidential candidates will answer at the debate via pre recorded video. Debate moderators selected the top questions which were then posted online so all young Americans could vote on the final questions. Those questions along with videotaped answers from McCain and Obama will air online during The Walden University Presidential Youth Debate. This presidential campaign has excited and engaged young people more than any in decades. And Walden University is thrilled and honored to host this year s presidential youth debate as a part of a broader campaign to increase civic awareness and social responsibility among Americans of all ages said Jonathan A. Kaplan president of Walden University. The Presidential Youth Debate was founded to focus presidential candidates on issues important to America s youth and every major presidential candidate has participated in the Presidential Youth Debate since . Visit www.debate.WaldenU.edu for more information. About Walden University Since Walden University has offered working professionals the opportunity to earn advanced degrees through distance learning. Today this comprehensive accredited online university offers master s and doctoral degrees in education psychology management public policy and administration and health and human services as well as master s programs in engineering and IT and bachelor s programs in business administration psychology child development and computer information systems. Walden University is a member of Laureate International Universities a leading global network of accredited campus based and online universities. For more information visit www.WaldenU.edu . Walden University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association www.ncahlc.org . SOURCE Walden University Email Story IM Story Printable View Yahoo Buzz Politics News Todd Palin Contacts with wife s staff were proper AP Rivals competing for voters trust on economy AP McCain housing proposal Easier said than done AP Obama rejects McCain s plan to buy mortgages AP Candidates tout economic bona fides Politico Most Viewed Politics Obama rejects McCain s plan to buy mortgages AP Son of Tenn. Democrat indicted in Palin hacking AP Missouri officials suspect fake voter registration AP The worst debate ever Politico McCain Obama compete for voters trust on economy AP Politics Video Prejudice in the election CNN Wed Oct PM ET Two unrealistic economic plans Reuters Wed Oct PM ET Presidential Sparring ABC News Wed Oct PM ET Cover Girl FOX News Wed Oct PM ET Politics Video Prejudice in the election CNN Two unrealistic economic plans Reuters All news video News Search Search Related Searches Walden University presidential candidate The Higher Learning Commission SOURCE Walden University Yahoo News Topic Pages In depth coverage on Sarah Palin the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention . Elsewhere on the Web McClatchy Newspapers Appeals court blocks release of Guantanamo detainees Politico The worst debate ever ABC News Obama McCain Scoring Cheap Political Points in Personal Attacks below use class hide to hide the promo use class to show it Good Morning Yahoo man day skydives Play Speed jumping feat is all for a good cause See today s talked about videos Yahoo Games New Games Take a break and play some hot new games now NEWS ALERTS Get an alert when there are new stories about accredited online university Walden University presidential candidate The Higher Learning Commission SOURCE Walden University More alerts Yahoo My Yahoo Mail Search All News Yahoo News Only News Photos Video Audio Advanced Primary Navigation Home U.S Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Travel Most Popular Odd News Opinion We see a lot of these diploma mills.where what they re offering are not legitimate diplomas that are going to people to show they have an education that they haven t actually earned Better Business Bureau President and CEO Sheryl Bilbrey said. Typically your diploma mills will not ask you to attend classes will not have you take exams and will offer diplomas for a flat fee she said. News contacted a company that advertised its services with an email offering a cheap Bachelor s Master s or even a PhD. We were told that for not only could we get a Master s degree from a London based university but transcripts and even recommendation letters to back it up. We asked if we would have to take any classes and were told no. The seller knows it s fake the buyer knows it s fake Bilbrey said. If you work as a recruiter for a company or you own a business where you have to hire people here are some tips from eHow.com to spot phony diplomas If you ve never heard of the school try to contact it. If no one answers that s probably a bad sign. Find out if the school is accredited and if so by what institution. Look for spelling and grammar errors. Ask the school to verify enrollment. Even if the school is legitimate the diploma can still be a fake. Federal investigators are looking into one case of nearly people suspected of buying junk degrees from the phony St. Regis University based out of Washington State. If you re researching a school you re not familiar with a good place to start is the Council for Higher Education Accreditation which has an extensive database of legitimate schools and institutions. Video Watch Video Story Links Diploma Mills DHEA Printable Story Click Here Share Save Story digg Newsvine del.icio.us Technorati Email this story Get the CONSUMER ALERT Email Newsletter in your Inbox each Monday Email Information about E Newsletters. Edit your E Newsletter profile. Consumer Alert Million Dollar Homes Cost A Whole Lot Less You Might Not Be Getting Savings Energy Star Promises BBB Online Diploma Mills Selling Bogus Degrees Consumer Reports Tests Carry On Luggage Some Things Still Sell Well Even In A Bad Economy BBB Free Gift Offer Misleads Consumers How Much Do Hybrid Owners Save Down The Road Cable Customers Targeted in Email ID Theft Scam More Consumer Alert Stories AARP Federal Trade Commission Consumer Reports Dangerous Toys Homeowner And Renter Assistance Violent Non Violent toys Raise Quiz Spam Jammers Blocking spam on computers DigiPortal MailWasher Junkbusters Mailshell Tax Information for members of the U.S. Armed Forces Internal Revenue Service The tax laws provide some special benefits for active members of the U.S. Armed Forces including those serving in combat zones. Copyright Midwest Television Read our Privacy Policy Satellite TV Waiver Info HDTV Information RSS On Oct. in Trenton the state Senate Education Committee heard testimony on legislation put forth by Senate President Richard J. Codey Sen. Shirley K. Turner and Sen. Jennifer Beck. The legislation was released from the committee with a vote. It now heads to the Senate for consideration. Under the terms of S all degrees awarded to an employee must be verified as coming from an accredited institution. The bill also stipulates that in order to qualify for tuition assistance advanced coursework must be related to the employee s job responsibilities and that a grade of B or higher must be earned. A return service obligation will be in place so that employees will continue to work in a school district for a certain period of time after receiving tuition assistance. Leaving the district prior to the specified time would require the individual to pay back the tuition. Bill S will also limit the amount of tuition reimbursement. Michael A. Vrancik the director of governmental relations for the New Jersey School Boards Association NJSBA provided testimony before the Senate Education Committee on Oct. . Frankly NJSBA is alarmed that even a small number of educators would use degrees from non accredited institutions to earn additional salary and received tuition reimbursement. The public outrage over such practices is warranted as is a legislative response such as S Vrancik told the committee according to a copy of his testimony. Local public outrage has been focused on the Freehold Regional High School District where two current administrators and one retired administrator received doctoral degrees from Breyer State University a discredited online institution. FRHSD Superintendent of Schools James Wasser Assistant Superintendent Donna Evangelista and Frank J. Tanzini a retired assistant superintendent were each awarded a pay increase after receiving an advanced degrees. The district paid in tuition costs to Breyer State University for all three employees. Breyer State University has been booted from operating in various states across the country after being named an apparent diploma mill. Following an investigation by the state Department of Education a report was released which stated that due to contractual language the administrators broke no laws in obtaining degrees from Breyer State which was accredited but not by an entity that was recognized as a bona fide accrediting agency. In a separate investigation New Jersey Commission on Higher Education Executive Director Jane Oates determined that the individuals cease their use of the doctoral title because Breyer State is not considered a duly authorized institution lacking accreditation from an agency recognized by the Department of Education. These instances of abuse as disturbing as they may be are not the norm. They do not reflect the behavior of the majority of school employees. Moreover many school districts have in place appropriate controls either through collective bargaining agreements individual employment contracts or policy Vrancik noted. Legislative leaders from the th district which covers the area of the Freehold RegionalHigh School District have said the law needs to be changed to close the loophole which allows degrees from institutions such as Breyer State University to be counted as legitimate credentials. Beck testified When my staff and I researched this issue and the legality of all of it we quickly came to a shocking realization while it is against the law in New Jersey to use the title Doctor or any letters after your name which indicate you have received an advanced degree if you have received that title from an unaccredited institution the law is silent on the issue of tuition reimbursement or the granting of additional compensation based on such a degree. So basically you can t call yourself Doctor but you can be paid like one. In September Wasser addressed the public at an FRHSD Board of Education meeting and said he would stop using the Doctor title and would forgo the raise going forward. Following the uproar that resulted from the discovery of the degrees Codey spoke out and asked New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Lucille Davy to investigate practices surrounding tuition reimbursement for and raises made to school administrators who received degrees from unaccredited online schools. The original draft of S reflected strategies that NJSBA recommends to local school boards but the association made changes to further strengthen the bill by providing additional protection of public funds along with flexibility that would enable school boards to align tuition reimbursement with district educational goals. In the state Assembly sits bill A which goes hand in hand with the Senate version. Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini Assemblyman Declan O Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande have signed on as primary sponsors of A . The bill s description states that tuition assistance or additional compensation may only be provided if a degree is conferred by an accredited institution. Angelini had previously said We want our academic leadership to exemplify the pursuit of excellence not set an example of how to cut corners. Last month Casagrande called the legislation a good first step and added that legislators would look to work with legislative leaders to broaden the law to all public employees. Contact Rebecca Morton at marlborogmnews.com.
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