World Trade University
World Trade University is a failed private university in British Columbia, Canada. Launched in 2001,[1] the university withdrew its application for degree-granting status in 2008[2] and "has yet to open".[3]
The university was created via a private member's bill of the British Columbia government—an act that the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C. (CUFABC) is requesting be rescinded.[4][5]
The British Columbia government "erroneously" described the university as a "United Nations mechanism", and the university web site removed logos of the World Bank and the United Nations after those institutions denied that there were partnerships with the university.[4] The university is located in a former military base, CFB Chilliwack, renovated at a cost of $1 million paid by the city.[5]
An August 2008 article in the National Post concluded that the story of this institution "reflected badly on the B.C. government."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ WTU home page Archived June 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "World Trade University only serves up degrees of embarrassment", Vancouver Sun, 8 August 2008
- ^ "Overseas briefing - Canada - Academics attack 'fake' university", Times Higher Education, 13 November 2008
- ^ a b Brian Hutchinson, "'UN' university should be cut off, professors say", National Post, 4 November 2008
- ^ a b Glenda Luymes, "University faces axe", The Province, 7 November 2008
- ^ Brian Hutchinson, "The private networker: The brains behind the 'elite' university in B. C. that closed before it opened", National Post, 2 August 2008