(11-03-2022, 07:19 PM)MrPanda Wrote: "University of Azteca" doesn´t even make grammatical sense
And of course, they wouldn´t have a "PhD in hinduism", they only have a Doctorate in Education.
Right - it doesn't. And right again - they wouldn't. And I think they outsource ALL their actual PhD programs to Universidad Central de Nicaragua, because they don't have permission to teach at that level - but UCEN does. Whole big thread on these schools, on the other forum.
This Uni is "Universidad Azteca" which translates (to me, anyway) as "Aztec University." And that's fine - there are a million-plus Nahuatl speakers in Mexico and if they want to name a school for ANY of their Aboriginal Nations - great! I'm a grad of Mohawk College here in Canada - named after one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. The other five are Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Tuscarora and Seneca. As you might surmise, I really dig this kind of study. I was born in England, almost 80 years ago, but I'm REALLY proud of going to a school with a name like Mohawk College!
To me, this "University of" is just regular offbeat South Asian English. I wouldn't read anything else into it. Satyanarayana's story has holes enough without it. I'm positive there are schools on that list he never even saw - and some he never took a single course from - distance or in person. Some of those schools did not require coursework. Payment was enough. I think some may be "flights of fancy," too. I'd really like to see that degree from Stanford. Maybe Stanford would like to see it, too....