Adam Smith University
| Type | Private, distance learning |
|---|---|
| Established | 1991 |
| President | Donald Grunewald |
| Location | , CNMI (U.S. commonwealth) 15°12′24″N 145°43′14″E / 15.2066°N 145.7206°E |
| Website | http://www.adamsmith.edu |
Adam Smith University is a private distance learning university founded in 1991 by Donald Grunewald, who is still its president.[1] Grunewald was president of Mercy College between 1972 and 1984.
History
[edit]Adam Smith's current American mailing address is a private mailbox in Garapan on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth.[1] Adam Smith University asserts the establishment of a French unit called École Supérieure Universitaire Adam Smith, which offers academic degrees for work experience.[2]
Accreditation
[edit]Adam Smith University was accredited by the Liberian Ministry of Education since 1995, well before the most recent conflicts, and was accredited as a result of an act of the Liberian legislature.[1][3] The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board identifies the institution as operating from Liberia and Saipan, but states that it has "no degree-granting authority from Liberia or Saipan."[4][5]
Criticism
[edit]Steve Levicoff referred to Adam Smith University as a degree mill, and he noted that it operated in Louisiana due to the absence of laws regulating the granting of degrees.[6] Adam Smith University and Columbia State University have the same address, which is "likely a mail forwarding address".[7]
Other critics have described Adam Smith University as a "diploma mill". Alan Contreras from the Oregon State Office of Degree Authorization (ODA), an agency of that state's government, called Adam Smith "a diploma mill with a long and unattractive history" in an article[8] written in a personal capacity.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Campus". Adam Smith University. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
- ^ École Supérieure Universitaire Adam Smith (page on the Adam Smith University website; accessed August 23, 2007)
- ^ Accreditation of Adam Smith University of America Retrieved March 31, 2023
- ^ "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas". Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
- ^ " "List of Fraudulent and Substandard Institutions".[1]
- ^ Steve Levicoff. Name It and Frame It?. (3rd edition) Institute on Religion and Law. 1993 (page 111) ASIN B0006F1PCQ
- ^ Steve Levicoff. Name It and Frame It?. (3rd edition) Institute on Religion and Law. 1993 (page 111 and 119) ASIN B0006F1PCQ
- ^ "International Higher Education # 32:4". Archived from the original on 4 May 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Adam Smith University Official site
- Bloomberg
- New York Times