Rushmore University

Rushmore University is an unaccredited institution of higher learning offering master's and doctoral degrees in a variety of business-related fields, exclusively via distance learning.

History

Rushmore was started in 1996 in South Dakota by Michael Cox (1952-2006), who is said to have held a PhD in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and to have previously taught seven years at the University of Arkansas and Sam Houston State University.

As of June 4, 2006 Rushmore had a mailing address in the Cayman Islands. The Maine Department of Education lists it as having been located in South Dakota, Wyoming, Georgia, and the Cayman Islands.

Accreditation

Rushmore's promotional material claims that the conventionally recognized system of educational accreditation in the United States is irrelevant and that Rushmore has instead attained "independent accreditation," as measured solely by the success of its graduates. In the past, Rushmore had claimed approval from a variety of agencies, none of them recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation(CHEA). The Oregon State Office of Degree Authorization has no evidence that this is an accredited or otherwise acceptable provider of postsecondary education meeting Oregon standards. Oregon employers should consider degrees from this supplier to be substandard unless each degree program is evaluated in detail by an external evaluator acceptable to ODA. The Maine Department of Education and State of Michigan also list Rushmore as non-accredited.

See also

• List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
• List of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning
• School accreditation

References

External links

• Rushmore University– Official website