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AS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,2004 THE HARTFORD COURANT FROM PAGE ONE Colleges Placed On Dishonor Roll The National Graduate School of Quality Systems Management operated unauthorized programs in Groton but after discussions with state officials, agreed to limit courses to military personnel and employees at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The School of Homeopathy of Devon, England, had an agent in New Haven to recruit students but agreed to remove all refer- ences to Connecticut from its mailings, websites and zUniversity, a Stamford-based operation that offers In-, ternet marketing tools to colleges and alumni groups, was ordered to stop using the name "university." The higher education department is awaiting a re sponse. A discussion of this story with Courant Staff Writer Robert Al Frahm is scheduled to be shown on New England Cable News each hour today between 9 a.m. and noon.

Salem State College agreed to end programs it was offering in Connecticut as part of an organization called "The Connecting Link." Redding University, described by Zdanys as a diploma mill with an address in Cromwell, wrote that it has "discontinued our relationship with our mail reception agent" in Connecticut "4 A Be An To CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al them." A recent investigation by the U.S. Government Accounting Office uncovered records showing that at least 463 federal employees, including some senior-level workers, had received degrees from diploma mills or other unaccredited schools. The report said the government paid fees of nearly $170,000 to cover employee costs at those schools. "The problem may not be as severe in Connecticut as in other states because we respond very quickly," Zdanys said. In the case of Suffield University, the department got a tip from a Florida man, Joseph Johnson, who said he first heard of the school in an Internet spam message.

"Basically, it said you could take a 50-question test and be supplied with a degree," said Johnson, who works as a security director for a Fort Lauderdale company. He said he notified the higher education department after checking with the Better Business Bureau in Connecticut A website for "Suffield College University" offers degrees ranging from an associate's degree for $475 to a combination of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees for $900. Although the state ordered the school in July to cease any Connecticut operation, the UPS mailbox was still active as of Tuesday and assigned to "Suffield Educational Services," according to a U.S. Postal Service employee in West Hartford. Joseph E.

Milardo a Mid-dletown lawyer representing Suffield University, refused to comment Tuesday and referred questions to the school's representative, a man he identified as Steven Richeimer. Richeimer, contacted by telephone, denied any knowledge of the school and said the name Milardo "doesn't ring a bell" Zdanys said Tuesday that the higher education department has referred the matter to the state Attorney General's office. Zdanys will issue today's report on unlicensed schools and colleges to the Board of Governors for Higher Education, which licenses public and private higher education institutions throughout the state. After the department notifies the schools that they have no authority to operate in the state, the schools often cease operations, change their names or advertisements or, in some cases, seek proper credentials. In addition to Suffield University, the department has resolved cases involving some schools and is continuing investigations into others.

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