Fairfax University

:"Not to be confused with University of Fairfax or George Mason University, both in Fairfax, Virginia, USA."

Fairfax University is an unaccreditedSee [http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx Oregon Office of Degree Authorization List of Unaccredited colleges] and [http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/AAR/PrivateInstitutions/NoTX.cfm Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas] ] university formerly located in Louisiana. In June 2007 several news media sources reported that it had relocated to the Cayman Islands where it was registered as Fairfax University Institute. [ [http://www.insidehighered.com/layout/set/print/news/2007/06/20/qt Dubious Degree for Swedish Official] , "Inside Higher Ed", June 20, 2007] [ [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&set_id=1&art_id=nw20070621150628166C939467 Minister got some explaining to do] , "Independent Online", June 21, 2007]

U.S. state education agencies report that Fairfax has operated in the past from the U.S. states of Louisiana, Montana, and South Dakota and from the United Kingdom.

Alumni

* Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches [ [http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=1628 WCC says it removed doctorate from CV of its general secretary] , Ecumenical News International, 13 Feb, 2008] . The World Council of Churches removed the degree from his CV after a controversy about Fairfax.
* Sven Otto Littorin, Swedish Minister for EmploymentJames Savage, [http://www.thelocal.se/7644/20070619/ Minister's MBA 'came from degree mill'] , "The Local", June 19, 2007] . Littorin removed the degree from his CV after a controversy about Fairfax.

ee also

*Diploma mill
*"Name It and Frame It?"

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