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World Association of Universities and Colleges

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The World Association of Universities and Colleges (WAUC) is an institutional educational accreditation body not recognized by the United States Department of Education.{{cite web | author=Bartlett, Thomas and Scott Smallwood| year=2004| title="Maxine Asher Has a Degree for You" | work=The Chronicle of Higher Education | url=http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i42/42a01201.htm | accessdate=24 January 2006}} It is run by Maxine Asher, director of the American World University, an unaccredited school."[http://www.dailyiowan.com/media/paper599/news/2003/01/27/Metro/stealth.U.In.Iowa.City.Duped.Many.Experts.Say-352197.shtml'Stealth U' in Iowa City duped many, experts say]", Ryan J. Foley, The Daily Iowan, published January 27, 2003, accessed February 21, 2007. WAUC's website claims that "laws in the U.S.A. prohibit the recognition of global accreditation associations".{{cite web|url=http://waucinternationalaccreditation.com/FAQS.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624021943/http://waucinternationalaccreditation.com/FAQS.html |title=FAQs|publisher=World Association of Universities and Colleges |archivedate=June 24, 2010}}

History

According to Maxine Asher's American World University, World Association of Universities and Colleges was started in 1992.{{cite web | author=| year=2012| title=Accreditation | work=American World University | url=http://www.awuedu.org/Accreditation.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512031929/http://www.awuedu.org/Accreditation.php | url-status=usurped | archive-date=May 12, 2012 | accessdate=14 January 2012}}

In March 2001, WAUC was reported to be using an executive suite in Henderson, Nevada as its address.[http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i28/28a03401.htm#accredit 3 Unrecognized Accrediting Agencies], Chronicle of Higher Education, March 23, 2001.

In 2004, Asher was forced to close down the World University of Iowa, a Hawaii-based institution similar to American World University and accredited by World Association of Universities and Colleges."[http://www.lasvegasmercury.com/2004/MERC-Feb-26-Thu-2004/23251997.html Quick and Dirty: a notebook of news and politics]", the Las Vegas Mercury, published February 26, 2004, accessed June 28, 2007. As part of a summary judgement, she was ordered to cease operations, refund tuition money to all students, and pay $240,000 in damages. The action came as part of a statewide crackdown on unaccredited schools, as many had relocated there after 1999 in an effort to evade regulation in the mainland United States. During court proceedings, Asher refused to provide school documentation such as a list of students.

In June 2007, the organization's website listed an address in Beverly Hills, California and WAUC listed 57 accredited schools and 28 nonaccredited "members only" schools.{{cite web|url=http://www.waucglobalaccreditation.org/ |title=World Association of Universities and Colleges |accessdate=20 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521053045/http://www.waucglobalaccreditation.org/ |archivedate=May 21, 2007 }} In 2010, it offered accreditation for limited time offer at $500.{{cite web | author=| year=2010| title=Accreditation | work=World Association of Universities and Colleges | url=http://waucinternationalaccreditation.com/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207113006/http://waucinternationalaccreditation.com/| url-status=dead| archive-date=7 February 2011| accessdate=14 January 2012}}

As of September 2011, WAUC's website was offline.{{cite web | author=| year=2011| title=World Association of Universities and Colleges | url=http://waucinternationalaccreditation.com/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906165801/http://www.waucinternationalaccreditation.com/ | archivedate=September 6, 2011}}

In 2012, the World Association of Universities and Colleges claims "a membership of forty universities, with dozens of other worthy institutions in the process of application.".

Schools listed as "accredited" by WAUC

As of 2008, WAUC listed the following as accredited members:[https://web.archive.org/web/20080216115126/http://www.waucglobalaccreditation.org/universities.htm WAUC accreditation list], archived February 16, 2008.

See also

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External links

  • {{cite web|url=http://waucinternationalaccreditation.com/ |title=World Association of Universities and Colleges |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207113006/http://waucinternationalaccreditation.com/ |archivedate=February 7, 2011}}
  • [http://www.aju.edu/usdoe_faqs.htm Accrediting bodies NOT recognized by the United States Department of Education]

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