September 5, 2008

Inquiry Into Higher-Education Group Reveals Odd Connections, and Hypnotherapy Courses

By THOMAS BARTLETT

The American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation began in 1870. Or so says its Web site.

But that claim, along with a number of others, falls apart on close inspection. For example, though it lists a Washington, D.C., location, that address turns out to be a Post Office box. Its actual headquarters are in central Florida.

More significantly, AAHEA has assumed the identity of a now-defunct organization with a similar name — the American Association for