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Is Zinda's report on Mr Dadisho's PHD correct?
Posted By: David (proxy.ssg.org.au)
Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2006, at 4:52 p.m.
""""Please be advised that below is a copy-paste of an artricle in Aina forum.
I really don't know who to believe anymore?
Mr Dadisho claims some issues in his media and Zinda team claims some other issues.
I hope some people here will come up with some answers.
It would be greate if Mr Dadisho give some input in regards to the matter so people can hear both sides of the story."""""##Below is the link/post (which is a copy-paste)##
Special Zinda Magazine Investigative Report
Sargon Dadesho is a man quick to judge and to convict other Assyrians on his worldwide AssyriaSat television program. For years he's stood with his backs towards a bookshelf filled with books and has brandished his professional and educational "doctorate title" for the whole world to see.
To his followers he is “Dr.” Sargon Dadesho, yet no one has been able to furnish proof of Dadesho’s educational records pointing to his successful completion of a post-baccalaureate degree from an accredited American university where he is said to hold a degree in the biological sciences from a northern California university. Until now!
Further investigation into one of the most charismatic activists in the Assyrian politics and the winner of Zinda magazine’s '6754 Person of the Year' title has revealed something completely different.
Prompted by a call from the U.S. State Department to our offices in Washington D.C. our staff launched a comprehensive investigation into the academic background of Mr. Sargon Dadesho.
Mr. Sargon Dadesho
A few days prior to the arrival of Mr. Yonadam Kanna, the current representative of the #####-Assyrian Christians of Iraq in the National Assembly, Mr. Dadesho was making direct calls asking several officials to prevent the arrival of Mr. Kanna, whom he was identifying as an ex-Baathist. The State Department officials contacted our office to obtain more information about Mr. Dadesho and were advised of his role as a commentator on an Assyrian television program. Zinda Magazine also explained that Mr. Dadesho does not hold a doctorate degree from an accredited university as he claims.To prevent any clashes between Mr. Kanna's supporters and Mr. Dadesho's dozen or so followers in California's Central Valley during Mr. Kanna's visit Zinda Magazine informed advisors close to Mr. Kanna not to release the information about Mr. Dadesho's calls to the State Department until Mr. Kanna's return to Baghdad. Other than a bomb threat call in Turlock, during Mr. Kanna's visit to the Assyrian American Civic Club of Turlock, no other serious incidents were reported. Mr. Kanna is now back safely in Baghdad.
To confirm the information provided to the State Department Zinda Magazine bagan an investigation into the academic background of Mr. Dadesho - a task commonly followed by the news agencies to confirm the data provided on public figures in the U.S.
On the Bet Nahrain Democratic Party's website, Sargon Dadesho proudly and unashamedly boasts in his resume that he allegedly received his Ph.D. degree in Physiological Sciences from Pacific Western University from 1973 to 1976. [1]
The address and phone number of Pacific Western University is given as: 600 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90049, (310) 471-0306.
A US college search engine did not reveal much about Pacific Western University . The only fact gleaned from their website was the fact that they were a “for-profit” University. When attempts were made to contact them to discuss their former student, the University receptionist was reluctant to provide any answers or discuss any of their former students. Further research with the US government revealed startling new evidence about Pacific Western University. [2]
Zinda investigation also revealed that the Admissions office of the University of California, Davis holds no information on Mr. Sargon Dadesho as a recipient of a PhD degree in Physiological Sciences between 1973 and 1976.
In a May 11 report entitled “Diploma Mills,” the U.S. General Accounting Office disclosed how hundreds of federal employees–including some with senior-level posts–had obtained degrees from unaccredited outfits like California Coast. The GAO investigations, conducted at the request of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, noted that, in some instances, advanced degrees were obtained in an effort to secure promotions. [3]
‘These mills are described by GAO as non-traditional, unaccredited, postsecondary schools that offer degrees for a relatively flat fee, promote the award of academic credits based on life experience, and do not require any classroom instruction. Kennedy-Western University, California Coast University and Pacific Western University are examples cited by GAO.
Purporting to be a prospective student, our Zinda investigator placed telephone calls to three schools that award academic credits based on life experience and require no classroom instruction: Barrington University (Mobile, Alabama); Lacrosse University (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi); and Pacific Western University (Los Angeles, California). These schools each charge a flat fee for a degree. For example, fees for degrees for domestic students at Pacific Western University are as follows: Bachelor of Science ($2,295); Master's Degree in Business Administration ($2,395); and PhD ($2,595). School representatives emphasized to our undercover investigator that they are not in the business of providing, and do not permit students to enroll for, individual courses or training. Instead, the schools market and require payment for degrees on a flat-fee basis. [4]
In the world of academia, faking credentials is not looked upon graciously. In fact anyone caught blatantly faking their credentials is shunned and ostracized. This is a far cry from the professional world where there are even reports of people, who have faked their credentials, receiving criminal convictions. A recent example which made public news in the U.S. was the immediate resignation of the CEO of RadioShack, David Edmonsdson, who lied about his completion of a theology degree on his resume.
Mr. Sargon Dadesho, who unlovingly refers to this publication as 'Zibla Magazine" (zibla is rubbish in Assyrian(Syriac)" is lovingly advised by our staff not to flaunt his faked credentials out into the academic or professional arenas where he will surely be revealed as an impostor. Instead he ought to continue to broadcast his Assyrian satellite television - which we affectionately refer to as the Assyrian Comedy Central - secure in the knowledge that his dozen or so loyal Assyrian listeners are unwilling to either question or challenge his forged credentials.
References
1. http://www.bndp.net/anc/sargon_dadisho.htm
2. http://www.uscollegesearch.org/pacific-western-university.html
3. http://www.gavinsblog.com/2004/05/12/us-report-pins-down-bogus-degrees/
4. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1223614/posts
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