Talk:Ashwood University

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Test are time limited, but all open book test. Not the best for sure, but an outlet of comfort and almost a sure thing as a grad. The Pakistan thing was years ago. I can't agree nor disagree on any of these past complaints. I know of many grads from acclaimed colleges and universities who have copies of all exams and are not capable of much, yet pass with flying colors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Breezethru7 (talk • contribs) 10 July 2011

Bias

This article is clearly biased and written by holders of degrees from so-called "accredited" universities. They dislike the idea of degrees being provided in ways other than their manner, so they trump up this sort of nonsense against institutions that use alternative pedagogy and evaluation systems. Essentially, the "accredited" Universities are a cartel that hates competition, and they will stoop to slander and libel to maintain their power over society. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.154.191.141 (talk) 22:53, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Overview & Facts About Ashwood University located in Sarasota, Florida 34236 first opened and started 1991-2007 and then relocated its Business somewhere in the United States Ashwood University Sarasota, Florida-USA College-University-Graduate School Ashwood University stands for strict academic standards and consistent professional management. Ashwood has been recognized as the leading on-line distance-learning provider for the past several years. Having awarded degrees to 54,000 students in 2,500 different courses in 150 fields of study,Ashwood enjoys a reputation as one of the top ten on- line distance-learning universities.

Ashwood University offers distance-learning programs specifically

Designed to accommodate working professionals, and awards degrees at the bachelor's, master's, doctorate, and associate levels Independent Private more of a non-government organization legal accredited university A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any form of government. The term originated from the United Nations (UN), and is normally used to refer to organizations that are not a part of the government and are not conventional for-profit business. Ashwood University is A International Non-governmental organization Legal, Independent, and Private. Ashwood University is a fully accredited university recognized by the World Online Education Accrediting Commission (WOEAC) and the Board of Online Universities Accreditation (BOUA).

Mission Statement

Ashwood University’s mission is to educate working professionals looking to continue their education, but possessing only a limited budget and limited time for education.

Ashwood's Philosophy

Ashwood believes that, as a responsible institution of on-line distance learning, it is our duty to help shape and guide the academic life of students who enroll in any of our programs.

Ashwood's Commitments

Educate people using modern technologies such as the internet

Educate people regardless of time and geographical boundaries
Provide all degree programs at prices that can be easily afforded by working professionals

Ashwood University is one of the most popular on-line universities. From 2000-2002 we received 45,862 applications for various on-line distance-learning programs.

Following are the number of degrees awarded in various programs at Ashwood University through 2002.

Accounting - 8,325 degrees awarded

Human Resources - 4,667 degrees awarded

Business Administration - 5,483 degrees awarded

Information Technology - 4,398 degrees awarded

Business Management - 5,721 degrees awarded

Law Studies - 3,828 degrees awarded

Criminal Psychology - 5,133 degrees awarded

Media Communications - 3,484 degrees awarded

Education - 4,965 degrees awarded

Nursing - 3,247 degrees awarded

The staff at Ashwood

218 faculty members

65 administrative staff
60 student support services staff
Total degrees awarded through 2002
54,000 total degrees - representing
273 various majors for the bachelor's program
240 various majors for the master's program
273 various majors for the doctorate program
273 various majors for the associate program

Links http://www.theashwooduniversity.net/ashwood/about_ashwood.htm http://www.eastchance.com/uni.asp?id=807 http://www.theashwooduniversity.net/ 71.206.216.141 (talk) 13:23, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I'm not changing the article. We need third-party reliable sources as the basis for articles. Also, the above content is a verbatim copy of the website, which would violate copyright.

The situation is interesting, though. It appears that Ashwood is re-branding itself with a new website. The current article describes Ashwood as described on ashwooduniversity.net. That website advertises "online life experience degrees in almost all majors and disciplines". The content above, which represents Ashwood as a more conventional sort of online school, is based on a different website, at theashwooduniversity.net. The websites are similar in overall appearance, both display the same university seal, and both display a phone number of 888-345-0304, so it appears that these are both the same institution. Neither website has a physical address (at least not that I can find) and neither one includes the legible name of any university personnel (other than "Lisa" the phone operator). Has an independent reliable source reported on Ashwood's change in approach?

I do see that both websites list accreditation from both the World Online Education Accrediting Commission (mentioned in the current Wikipedia article) and the Board of Online Universities Accreditation (not mentioned in the current WP article). The second accreditor probably should be mentioned in the article. However, neither of these is a recognized accreditation organization. --Orlady (talk) 15:20, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That is just your opinion. Fact Ashwood University Is Accredited 71.206.216.141 (talk) 21:17, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The requirement for third party sources is Wikipedia policy, as is the fact that plargism is not allowed in Wikipedia Articles. Please see wp:Five pillars for more information. Zugman (talk) 16:52, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your unsupported assertion that Ashwood is in fact accredited, there are multiple reliable sources that say that Ashwood is NOT accredited by any recognized accreditor. If you have a third party source that says otherwise then please make it known. Zugman (talk) 19:40, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That is your opinion, Ashwood University states that they are accredited, Fact Ashwood University is accredited. 71.206.216.141 (talk) 21:53, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your statement that it is my opinion is irrelevant. If you have a third party reliable source that states that Ashwood is accredited by a recognized accrediting institution then the information can be placed in the article. If not then it can't be placed in a Wikipedia article. Here's a nice article that points to the Wikipedia policies so that you can better understand the Wikipedia policies. wp:Five pillars Zugman (talk) 22:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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87.101.142.226 (talk) 10:21, 13 March 2013 (UTC) Ashwwod university is authentic as many peoples educated by ashwood universty their degrees are attested by american higher authourity which means the degree of this university should be acceptable by any concern or employer or any registration requirement as well as saudi council of engineers also because the degree of this university is not fake it should be acceptable by any employer or any firm or any where required.[reply]

Not done: "Request" consists of rambling with no specific request to edit the article. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 14:23, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Honor System

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As far as I know Ashwood University functions on the honor system, so if someone summits false information to get a degree so that they can do a news story or talk about someone they are liars. The liars summiting false information to do a story with the intent to lie are the ones that are committing fraud. The act of accrediting or the state of being accredited, especially the granting of approval to an institution of learning by an official review board after the school has met specific requirements its in the dictionary. Ashwood University is accredited and from my experience it is legal to use the degree in the United States.98.219.188.196 (talk) 14:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)--98.219.188.196 (talk) 14:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Imagine a bank operating on the "honor system", leaving all of its millions of dollars out on a table in the middle of a publicly accessible lobby, with a note cautioning customers that it would be dishonest for them to take more from the table than what they have in their account. Imagine this bank claimed that it was safe to "deposit" your money by leaving your money on the table, because it claimed to be "accredited", even though agencies recognized as the legitimate sources of bank accreditation reported that this bank was "not accredited by any recognised accreditation body". Would you leave you money on that table and walk away from it? Would you trust the judgment of someone who did? bd2412 T 14:25, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some people are just jealous, I would leave my money on the table and trust the judgment of myself with Bank of America where I bank and be safe.98.219.188.196 (talk) 13:12, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So you trust an accredited bank (as Bank of America is), not any unaccredited one. bd2412 T 14:41, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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