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Belford University is an unaccredited online college charity degrees for "life experience." The classification maintains the post-office box in Humble, Texas, though the degrees it issues have been mailed from the United Arab Emirates.

Belford University is not accredited by any accreditation physique famous by the country. As such, the degrees as well as credits competence not be excusable to employers or alternative institutions, as well as operate of degree titles might be limited or bootleg in the little jurisdictions.

Accreditation
The school is not accredited by any accrediting group famous by the United States Department of Education or Council upon Higher Education Accreditation. Neither of the organizations from that Belford claims accreditation, the International Accreditation Agency for Online Universities (IAAOU) as well as the Universal Council for Online Education Accreditation (UCOEA), have been famous accreditation associations of aloft learning.

Controversy as well as criticism
A 2005 inquisitive inform upon WHEC-TV in Rochester, NY, characterized Belford as "just the single of hundreds of diploma mills simply permitted on-line."

According to David Linkletter of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Belford "is not the bona fide hospital of aloft education. No bona fide university offers the finish degree upon the basement of one’s hold up experience. we quite similar to the ‘order now’ symbol upon their Web site, that is an additional clue…To the border that Belford University is in Texas, it is handling in defilement of the Texas Education Code."Furthermore, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has indicated that Belford, Rochville University, as well as the agencies from that they explain accreditation "appear to be operated by the same people."

On Mar 13, 2006 Arthur Barnes, the former glow chief, was discharged from his pursuit for his Belford "degree." According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, "The Web site http://www.belforduniversity.org offers master’s degrees formed upon ‘life experience’ for $479. Users have been asked to contention their work knowledge upon the Web to validate for the degree. And if there is no work experience, they can still get the degree by finishing an online multiple-choice test." In fact, "The module even lets users select their grade-point averages. A 3.0 GPA is free, though they can consequence the 4.0 for an additional $75. The module additionally promises to boat the degrees out inside of the week."

References
^ the b c Malisow, Craig. "First-Degree Fraud", Houston Press, Jul 20, 2006. Retrieved upon 2007-03-13.
^ "I-Team 10 Investigation: Diploma mills", WHEC-TV, 8 Feb 2005. Retrieved upon 2007-03-13.
^ Kalil, Mike, Salem claimant defends degree from diploma mill, New Hampshire Union Leader, Mar 13, 2006.

Links
Belford University – central site
Belford University More About Belford University
I-Team 10 Investigation: Diploma mills, WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY, Feb 8, 2005.
Kalil, Mike, Salem claimant defends degree from diploma mill, New Hampshire Union Leader, Mar 13, 2006.
Malisow, Craig, "First Degree Fraud", Houston Press, Jul 20, 2006. Accessed Aug 17, 2006.
Council for Higher Education Accreditation – provides open database documenting accreditation of U.S. colleges as well as universities