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May 2, 2007
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Mr. McGhee is referring to an unsolicited email message I received from him concerning the “Diploma Integrity Protection Act,” and my subsequent reply. I am amused to find myself classified as “ornamental,” an attribute I apparently share with rose bushes and lawn cabbages. In that I was the sole author of the reply to Mr. McGhee, he cannot, however, conclude from my message that anyone else is also a lawn cabbage.
George Gollin, Professor of Physics at UIUC, at 7:20 pm EDT on May 2, 2007
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CHEA’s empty response
CHEA’s recent resolution lacks the credibility it seeks for its members. By misrepresenting the Department’s proposed changes, CHEA has created an easy straw-man target.
But one thing is clear: CHEA stands in the way of reforming the one-hundred year old accrediting monopoly that we now have.
More importantly, I sincerely doubt if its members, one of whom I have corresponded with, know what they are voting for. The lack of practical knowledge that I encountered on CHEA’s board was shocking. I can only conclude that the other members are ornamental as well, and that CHEA is a passive, non-active board that serves as a store-front for the accrediting guilds. This blustery and superficial resolution supports this view.
Glen S. McGhee, Dir., at Florida Higher Education Accountability Project, at 8:50 am EDT on May 2, 2007