Graham International University

[bjcheung77]

Wait, what just happened? GIU is following in the footsteps of EIU (European International University), as they're going for ASIC and other accreditation or memberships. A junior member of this board keeps updating the EIU threads, I remember telling them to forgo that option even though they're a candidate for ACBSP programmatic or secondary accreditation.

Basically, accreditation and membership are two vastly different things, being accredited means the programs offered have gone through a review, being a member is fine, but their programs haven't been evaluated, thus, the quality is unknown. EIU offered a professional degree option for $5K Euro (75% scholarship discount), I declined (unless they get ACBSP).

Now, having that $1K offering does seem more tempting at the doctoral level... For the most part, ASIC UK is not really an accreditation authority, but more of an immigration or education scheme where they bypass proper UK authorization, they're more of a grey area, people in academia will reject these, but others for employment or personal growth, it may be acceptable.