Degree is a character issue for superintendent
Regarding the article published in the Aug. 6 issue of the News Transcript, "Administrators' Degrees Subject of Investigations," I agree there is probably no "significant legal issue" here, as the attorney for the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education says. What about a character issue?

Dr. James Wasser, a professional educator and administrator, should know about accreditation. In Alabama, the accrediting body is the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). All areas of the country have similar regional accrediting bodies. So why use an unaccredited school? What's more, why use a school that advertises, in barely veiled language, cheap, fast, and easy doctorates?

Look at the Web site. Doesn't that raise any suspicions about the worth of the program?

Compare Breyer State's page on earning a doctorate to this page from Rutgers, describing requirements for one of its doctoral programs: http://policy. rutgers.edu/academics/phd/ program_requirements.pdf.

The difference is remarkable. So why would someone spend precious time obtaining a degree from Breyer State? My opinion is that Dr. Wasser felt that a doctorate would enhance his credentials, for both present and future endeavors, but that obtaining one from an accredited school would take a lot of work, a lot of thought, a lot of reviews, and a lot of time. So he picked Breyer State. That is a character issue.

A final point: this story is not unique. A similar situation is occurring in Sharon, Pa., as reported by a local newspaper in a series of stories about another Idaho online college called Canyon College; here is a link to one of the stories: http://www. sharon-herald.com/local/ local_story_215194907.html.

Note that a man named Dominick L. Flarey, a hypnotherapist from Chicago, is linked to both Canyon and Breyer State.
Leon Goudikian
Freehold Borough