Lansbridge University

Lansbridge University

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name = Lansbridge University
motto = Learning while Earning
established = 2002
type = Private
president = Dr. W. Barry Miller
address =
city = 412 Queen Street Fredericton
state = New Brunswick
country = Canada E3B 1B6
undergrad = available
postgrad = graduate level academic programs
staff= 14 faculty,
campus = Urban online
mascot =
free_label =
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colours = whitecolor box|#ffffff and green
affiliation = non-denominational
affiliations = DETC
website= http://www.lansbridge.edu www.lansbridge.edu
footnotes=

Lansbridge University is a Private university [http://www.gnb.ca/cpse-ceps/FR/docs/Landsbridge%20University.pdf] for distance education, having offices in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and formerly in British Columbia. They have no physical campus.

Lansbridge NB

Founded in 1999 by Learnsoft Corporation (which was later purchased by Kingston Education Group in 2001) provides online education. Though owned by the same parent company, Lansbridge University is "a distinct legal entity and separately regulated from LUC Education (BC) [ [http://www.lansbridge.edu/general/index.php?mnu=ABOUT_News&pg=news Lansbridge University ] ] ".

Based out of Fredericton, New Brunswick, the university offers comprehensive MBA, Executive MBA, and BBA programs, taught by a faculty of experienced graduate-level professors. The university is an authorized degree-granting institution in Canada and was granted national accreditation in the United States in 2005 by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC).

Lansbridge BC

Lansbridge University - British Columbia, was authorized by BC Degree Authorization Act [ [http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/degree-authorization/ Degree Authorization - Ministry of Advanced Education ] ] , and run by the Kingston Education Group. It was ordered closed by the BC Government, after an investigation by a hired lawyer (independent inspector) for false advertising and financial irregularities. [ [http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2007AE0004-000110.htm LANSBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TO CLOSE MAY 1 ] ] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/03/12/bc-lansbridge.html 2007] ] An independent inspector found the BC University to be in breach of violations set out by the Degree Quality Assessment Board of BC. [http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/degree-authorization/documents/Lansbridge_Report.PDF] The Minister withdrew consent, and the University was closed in BC.

References

External links

* [http://www.lansbridge.edu/ Official Site]
* [http://www.cufa.bc.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=9&id=29&Itemid=44 CUFA/BC articles on Kingston College and Lansbridge University]


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