Quote:Orolan, I just don't know. Just out of curiosity, I surfed the web using Google and the words "life experience PhD". I was surprised at the number of institutions appearing under that heading, some of which, I had to admit had very impressive sounding and appearing web sites. Now granted, that might very well be an advertising ploy, but that kind of advertising costs money. There are even references of accreditations (albeit in at least one, the degree granting institution makes it clear that their accreditation is not recognized by the Department of Education; and another through the country of Liberia - you know the country which many cruise lines register the ships through to avoid the regulatory controls imposed by the United States. The point of all this, is that these institutions are out there providing a service. If there was not significant demand for it, then they would fade away. They most likely walk a very thin line, but I am not sure you can defend the use of the word "naive". Ifg that were the case, there are an awful lot of "naive" people out there. The attack on Gelb, at least on the surface, does not appear to be because of what he did (apparently a lot of people do it), but who he is. Wouldn't it be more in keeping with the intent of this web site to do something to undermine these degree granting institutions rather than attacking the man? I would bet that there are a lot of people out there who attended "legitamate" institutions and took courses out of their planned curricula just for the purpose of fulfilling grtaduation requirements....not exactly the same, but nonetheless, equally devious. I doubt anyone would defend him actions...what he did, he probably brought a lot of unwanted attention to himself, but then again, haven't a lot of people done this to themselves? It just gives you pause to think.
Lets get something perfectly clear here: No one is 'attacking' Ed Gelb. Ed Gelb made a choice: He chose to purchase a fake doctoral degree from
the premiere diploma mill,
'LaSalle University'. No, this is not the actual,
accredited universityin Philadelphia, PA, this is the LaSalle University that was run by serial felon James Kirk:
In addition to dabbling in film production, 3-D film distribution, and a video dating service, in the late 70s he got involved with a correspondence law school called the University of San Gabriel Valley (it no longer exists; the California Supreme Court suspended one of Kirk's lawyer-partners for three years and placed the other on probation for a year). But Kirk saw the cash potential and opened his own Southland University down the street. When Southland could no longer meet California's minimal operating requirements, he moved it. It ended up in Missouri, where he changed its name to LaSalle University and his own to Thomas McPherson. Leaving Missouri a few steps ahead of the sheriff, he found a haven in Louisiana's unregulated world of higher education. He ran ads in dozens of airline and business magazines. He took a vow of poverty, so his World Christian Church owned the university, his Porsche, and his million-dollar home. And when the federal authorities finally came for him, they discovered bank deposits in excess of $35 million, current cash deposits of $10 million, and numerous other assets. Kirk/McPherson was indicted on 18 counts of mail fraud, wire (telephone) fraud, and tax fraud, among others. Following a plea bargain, he was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Ed Gelb knowingly commited serial perjury as well as misrepresented himself innumerable times in the press, on television, and he continues to do so on his website.
If demanding that a person who claims to be a PhD actually EARNED his doctorate rather than simply paying James Kirk several thousand dollars for one is 'attacking', then you and I have very different opinion over what 'attacking' means.
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