See
http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2003-09-28-fakedegrees_x.htm
In particular, "The state of Oregon keeps a list of some of the
institutions whose degrees cannot legally be used in the state because
they're not accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department
of Education or the state (
www.osac.state.or.us/oda). The list includes
Columbia State University in Louisiana, which was closed by court order
(not affiliated with Columbia University in New York or any other
accredited colleges and universities that use the Columbia name),
Hamilton University in Wyoming, Great Britain's Hartley University,
Stanton University in Hawaii, Vancouver University Worldwide and
University of Wexford in Great Britain."
See also
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Non-accreditedSchools_78090_7.pdf :
"This is a listing of colleges and universities which are not currently
accredited by an accrediting body of the Council on Higher Education
Accreditation. Degrees from these institutions will not be accepted
by the Department of Civil Service as satisfying any educational
requirements indicated on job specifications." This is admittedly
quite a long list; Vancouver University Worldwide appears on page 12.
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