Talk:American College of Greece/Archive 1

Status as university
According to Greek constitution, private education institutes are not Universities in Greece. For this reason I have removed Deree College from the "Category: Greek universities" and I also think that an alternate to the phrase "...first anglophone university in Greece." should be employed when a suitable term in place of "university" is found for this institution. If the term university is to be kept, since its functions are in many ways similar to universities, then the point that under law this institution is not a university should be made.alx_bio 14:45, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * This exact same discussion exists here. I propose having it in only one place. -- Kimon talk 12:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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Administration
The current president of The American College of Greece is David G. Horner. Under his leadership, ACG has grown the areas of research, education and community engagement. Dr. Horner joined ACG in July 2008 as its seventh president. Dimflo 1983 (talk) 10:14, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

College status
The college is registered as a for-profit company in Greece where it operates. So aside of a shell company in the U.S.A. that is indeed registered as a non-profit but reports activity under $50k annually, the real organization nets revenues over $50m in Greece with its activities and is very much a for-profit company under Greek law. Source: https://publicity.businessportal.gr/company/156903901000 and if you check IRS files for EIN 98-0611322 the reported activity of the supposed non-profit is under $50k.

Moreover, on the college's accreditation status... The Greek constitution doesn't permit private organizations giving academic degrees. AGC provides some degrees via the accreditation of a foreign institution that has its base abroad as a legal loophole. However many of its degrees remain largely unaccredited. Source: https://www.moneyreview.gr/society/27747/amerikaniko-kollegio-ellados-ti-tha-ginei-me-toys-chiliades-egklovismenoys-apofoitoys/

Since this article is about the American College of Greece that accepts students in Greece and not its similarly named shell company in the USA, I believe that it would be fair to say that the college is for-profit and non-accredited. Gnkgr (talk) 18:12, 3 August 2023 (UTC)


 * In response to the previous false claims about ACG's status: The American College of Greece currently has a four-star rating from Charity Navigator and a platinum rating from Candid, receiving the highest possible ratings from two U.S. nonprofit vetting agencies. ACG's EIN is 04-2306054, not the EIN stated above. ACG is not a "shell company", its international board of directors is currently chaired by Daniel Bennett Smith, Career Ambassador, former U.S. Ambassador to Greece, former Foreign Service Institute director and former acting U.S. Secretary of State. More than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs from ACG's Deree College are accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and ACG has been accredited by NECHE since 1981. Undergraduate programs are certified in Europe by The Open University. You can find accreditation letters here: https://www.acg.edu/about-acg/accreditation-and-validation/ ACG is an important alternative within the Greek educational ecosystem, providing all the benefits of American-modeled education so that 94% of its graduates are employed six months after graduation, important in a country with the EU's highest youth unemployment rate at 34%. Unlike public universities, ACG's focus is on preparing students for the private sector, and 80% of alumni have an income above the national average in Greece, currently 1,184.35 Euros/month. AnbanSH (talk) 16:51, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Charity ratings and self-published articles are not considered reliable sources. State records showing that the college is registered and runs like a for-profit company where the college operates is pretty damning. So in that case, it seems as though the false claims originate from the college. 62.74.57.145 (talk) 23:52, 11 September 2023 (UTC)