http://thedegreemaster.com/whats-the-legality-of-accredited-learning-courses-with-designatory-letters.html Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thedegreemaster.com/whats-the-legality-of-accredited-learning-courses-with-designatory-letters.html/comment-page-1#comment-7575 john alasdair Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:15:45 +0000 http://thedegreemaster.com/whats-the-legality-of-accredited-learning-courses-with-designatory-letters.html#comment-7575 There is no international law regarding selling or using academic titles, although there are several international agreements (e.g. the Bologna agreement). - Is it legal to call yourself "university", "college" etc.? In some countries it is illegal to call yourself "college", etc. without any permission from the government; and it is not legal either to grant degrees, even if the titles are fake. In other countries it might be partially legal, which is what these places use (or use names like "academy", etc.) - Is it legal to carry a title from such an institution? It again depends in which country and what kind of title. If you use a title which is clearly bogus (or used only by that institution), it might be your own problem. However, if you try to obtain some prieveldges out of it (higher salary becuse you have a degree, etc.) this could be fraud and illegal. You can read more about it here: http://homemadedegrees.blogspot.com/sear... There is no international law regarding selling or using academic titles, although there are several international agreements (e.g. the Bologna agreement).
- Is it legal to call yourself “university”, “college” etc.?
In some countries it is illegal to call yourself “college”, etc. without any permission from the government; and it is not legal either to grant degrees, even if the titles are fake. In other countries it might be partially legal, which is what these places use (or use names like “academy”, etc.)
- Is it legal to carry a title from such an institution?
It again depends in which country and what kind of title. If you use a title which is clearly bogus (or used only by that institution), it might be your own problem. However, if you try to obtain some prieveldges out of it (higher salary becuse you have a degree, etc.) this could be fraud and illegal.
You can read more about it here: http://homemadedegrees.blogspot.com/sear...

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