Talk:Grantham University

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This entire article has no references could editors start putting in references.Mysteryquest 00:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I have moved the Trivia section to the talk page for comment on what can be integrated into the article. The only items were are marginally relevant would be the fact that the school has 2500 alumni and it is one of the largest employers in Kansas City, and the last three items. The other items are well, trivial.Mysteryquest 04:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

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  • In 2003, the Grantham University administration decided that we wanted a mascot to represent our students and the university, even though we do not have athletic teams. So, university staff chose an icon that would be recognizable to all of their students: military, non-military and international – the Fighting Eagle.
  • The eagle was officially adopted as America’s national symbol in June of 1782 during the country’s quest for independence and freedom from foreign rule.
  • The Fighting Eagle mascot was chosen to pay tribute to Grantham’s military students serving around the world, to honor our veterans who fought for our nation’s freedom, and to symbolize Grantham’s commitment to every hard working adult student who wants to earn a college degree.
  • One of the largest employers in Suburban Kansas City with over 200 employees.
  • The school news letter, News and Views, provides its world wide students all that is happening at the university.
  • In April 2005, the GU School of Business was renamed after Dr. Mark Skousen to the Mark Skousen School of Business.
  • As of June 2007, Grantham University announced that it has partnered with the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF). This partnership formed as a result of the Air Force's Air University Associate-to-Bachelor's Cooperative Program AU-ABC.

[edit] Dept. of Education's "Equivalence of DETC and regional accreditation"

"The Criteria do not differentiate between types of accrediting agencies, so the recognition granted to all types of accrediting agencies-regional, institutional, specialized, and programmatic-is identical. Only the specific scope of recognition varies according to the type of agency recognized."

Above is the text of the Dept. of Education letter which purports to state that all accreditation is equal at least in the in the eyes of the Department of Education. First, the Dept of Education has nothing to do with the academic or transfer of credit affairs of any school thus what they think of accreditation is irrelevant to these matters. Secondly, the letter clearly states in the second sentence that "... the specific scope of recognition varies according to the type of agency recognized" so all accreditation is apparently not the same, contrary to the first statement. Again, criteria for inclusion as an accrediting agency has to do with Dept. of Education regulation and has nothing to do with the academics of the schools which are being accredited or the particular criteria applied by the accreditors to decide what school it will accredit. Thus, even if the Dept. of Education believes all accreditation is the same, that does not mean that all the accredited schools are the same.

According to the scenario the letter purports to support, a national accrediting agency which only accredits certificate granting vocational schools would be equivalent to the American Bar Association or, in effect, a massage school is equivalent to Harvard Law School. This is, of course, ludicrous. What is relevant are the accrediting criteria of the particular accrediting body, the criteria which schools accredited by that body have to meet. There is obviously a difference between the accrediting criteria of an accreditor who accredits certificate granting purely vocational schools and the accrediting criteria of the American Bar Association, just as there are differences between the criteria of national accrediting agencies and that of a regional accrediting agency. The Department of Education merely recognizes an accrediting agency for the purpose of whether or not the students attending schools accredited by that particular agency can receive federal loans and grants. The Dept. of Ed. does not pass judgment on the equivalence of the criteria of one accreditor vs. another.Mysteryquest (talk) 19:14, 25 November 2007 (UTC)