Buxton University

:"Not to be confused with the University of Derby's Buxton campus."Buxton University is an unaccredited vendor of distance education that uses a postal address in the United Kingdom [ [http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx Restricted Degrees in Oregon] Oregon Office of Degree Authorization] .

Charter and accreditation status

The institution does not hold [A complete listing of UK universities is found on the HERO website [http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/universities___colleges/hei_listing.cfm] ] a Royal Charter, which is required for an institution in the United Kingdom to call itself a "university", per the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. However, the institution does not advertise itself as a university in the UK, save for using a UK commercial (as oppose to academic) internet domain name [http://www.buxtonuniversity.co.uk buxtonuniversity.co.uk] . However the domain is registered to a "Camford Institute Subang Jaya" in Singapore. [Whois database query on 13/6/2008 [http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=.buxtonuniversity.co.uk&tld=com] ]

Buxton claims accreditation by the World Online Education Accrediting Commission, [] as well as the Board of Online Universities Accreditation (BOUA), but neither agency is recognized as a higher education accreditor by the United States Department of Education or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation.

History

Criticism and controversy

There has been controversy in relation to Buxton University.

In 2004, a Texas television station investigated Buxton University by having an employee order a degree from a website InstantDegrees.com. The station reported that the employee received a master's degree, summa cum laude, by mail within a few days after submitting an order. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20060501174717/www.woai.com/troubleshooters/story.aspx?content_id=9786AD9F-9742-448A-B78B-5C42B4241302 San Antonio News article (retrieved March 6, 2008)] ]

Also in 2004, "The Washington Post" reported that a hypnotist, William R. Runnells Jr., had called himself "Doctor", and whose degree was from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy and Buxton University. Sandra G. Boodman. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6595-2004Apr12_3.html Risen From the Ashes: Founders of Phoenix Method One Say Their Hypnosis Treatment Can Cure Addictions] "Washington Post" April 13, 2004; Page HE01] In that article, the Post wrote, "...repeated Web searches and several calls to overseas operators did not turn up a listing for a Buxton University."

Buxton University is on the Texas list of fraudulent colleges. [ [http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/AAR/PrivateInstitutions/NoTX.cfm Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas] Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board ]

ee also

* Diploma mill
* List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning

References

External links

* [http://www.buxtonuniversity.co.uk/ Buxton University official website]
* [http://www.buxtonstudy.info http://www.buxtonstudy.info] is another