William G. Hillar Special Forces FRAUD

[GratefulCitizen]

When looking at what has happened with this story specifically, and this site in general over the years, it is truly amazing.

Concerning the force-multiplication capabilities of Special Forces soldiers:
I stand in awe.

[JJ_BPK]

There is even a guy on FB yelling about Hillar




http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/JJ.BPK

[Snaquebite]

Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

There is even a guy on FB yelling about Hillar




http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/JJ.BPK

He's a member here...not sure of the screen name.

JJ_BPK ?

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Just an FYI, I commented on this article and my comments and one others that I quoted have been deleted from montereyherald.com.

I guess the montereyherald.com believes in censure.

Larry Parsons & the montereyherald.com consider this a dis-invite for any further information concerning bill hillar.

Someone is reading Professionalsoldiers.com. The montereyherald.com have now replaced the "deleted" comments, and now they are out of order.......

The "bad" word I used that was censured: SCUMBAG

I know I know, children could be reading this.......

I guess in Monetery there are eight words you cannot use and scumbag is one of them.

TS






http://www.topix.net/forum/source/mo...M1HQK64Q9P68A0

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The Monterey Institute of International Studies is investigating the background of lecturer Bill Hillar, a reputed expert in human trafficking and counterterrorism.
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I was actually in Special Forces and I am getting sick and tired of hearing about phonies getting into higher paying jobs with their lies. This guy is one of many.
michelle
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I work for the U/O and his masters and Ph.D. were verified and his most current address isn't in Carmel.
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A padded resume' is just like a padded bra. Once the cover is off, you're left exposed...and everyone else is disappointed.
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Not big enough name for the gossip magiznes I guess. Hearld had to jump on this.
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Everyone knows this area is a very LOW PROFILE hotbed of training the next CIA.
Panetta is from here, raised here, ex-congressmen here and now head of the CIA.
DLI is here. trains the best is the armed forces by ex-spies and those who are now working for US.
MIIS is big on international policy degrees, attracts students from all over the world.
TED is held here.

So having a guy like this teach students is perfect.
Not a poser
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I look forward to reading more on this developing story.
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michelle wrote:
I work for the U/O and his masters and Ph.D. were verified and his most current address isn't in Carmel.
I really doubt that. This guy is Toast.

Here is where most of this started by the way:

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/sh...
Jeff Hinton
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<quoted text> I really doubt that. This guy is Toast.
Here is where most of this started by the way:
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Koban,
You are correct, Professionalsoldiers.com exposed the liar and fraud william g hillar on 28 Oct 2010. The rest how we say is history.
Many have asked why we went after hillar.
This bottom-feeding ****(and there's many like him) has been using our "title" and our "reputation", a title "we" earned and a reputation "we" paid for in blood to scam innocent people.
We are the US Army Special Forces, aka the "Green Berets" or the "Quiet Professionals" and we will continue to expose the frauds using our title and reputation to con innocent people.
De Oppresso Liber,
Jeff Hinton
Master Sergeant
Special Forces,(ret)

[longrange1947]

Mine is still gone.

[IwakuniMarine]

To the members of the Monterey Institute campus community:

We are writing to share with you the conclusions of the process of intensive research and consultation that the Institute has engaged in since learning of potential issues regarding the academic and military credentials presented to the Institute by one of our workshop instructors, Mr. Bill Hillar. We thank you for your patience and understanding as the Institute has examined these very serious issues.

We have attached a statement of the findings reached by the Institute in this matter. These include:

• That Mr. Hillar claimed an academic credential on his resume (a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon) that he did not in fact earn.

• That the Institute has been unable to substantiate the military service claimed by Mr. Hillar.

Because Mr. Hillar never applied for a position as an employee of the Institute, serving only as an independent contractor retained to lead a single three-day, one-credit workshop per semester, he was not subject to the pre-employment background checks that the Institute requires of all regular employees, a category that includes all faculty and adjunct faculty. As a result of this incident, the Institute has made the decision to extend the requirement for a full pre-engagement background check to any person who provides classroom instruction for academic credit at the Monterey Institute, regardless of their employment status. This change in policy is effective immediately.

These findings of course require us to address the issue of academic credit for the workshops led by Mr. Hillar in the past. As a consequence of our findings in this matter, the Institute will offer two options to every student who has taken a workshop led by Mr. Hillar at the Monterey Institute:

• Affected students who met the academic requirements of the workshop may choose to allow the credit to stand on their academic record. (Students choosing this option do not need to take any action.)

• Alternatively, affected students may request that the credit from the workshop be removed from their academic record, in which case they will be offered the opportunity to enroll in another one-credit workshop offered by the Institute at no additional cost. (Students choosing this option should contact Tate Miller, dean of Advising, Career and Student Services, by December 14.)

The Institute is in the process of identifying a qualified instructor to lead a human trafficking workshop in the spring 2011 semester, and will work to make this workshop available both on-site and online.

In the course of our review, we confirmed that most of our workshops are currently led by regular or adjunct faculty.

We recognize that many of you have been anxious to know the conclusions of this process. We want to assure you that this process has been both very thorough and conducted as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances. Those circumstances have included both extensive research and information-sharing with similarly affected institutions, and active cooperation with law enforcement.

The public record suggests that a number of agencies and institutions across the country, including law enforcement and other government agencies, non-profits, and educational institutions, have been similarly affected by Mr. Hillar’s actions. Nonetheless, the ultimate responsibility for the quality and integrity of the instruction received at the Monterey Institute of International Studies rests with us. We deeply regret this incident and offer our sincere apologies to the students, alumni, faculty, and staff who have been affected by it.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, we want to express our profound personal gratitude to the students who brought these issues to the administration’s attention. We are proud of your service, proud of the integrity you have displayed through your actions, and proud that you chose the Monterey Institute of International Studies.


Sunder Ramaswamy Amy Sands
President Provost

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by IwakuniMarine

To the members of the Monterey Institute campus community:

We are writing to share with you the conclusions of the process of intensive research and consultation that the Institute has engaged in since learning of potential issues regarding the academic and military credentials presented to the Institute by one of our workshop instructors, Mr. Bill Hillar. We thank you for your patience and understanding as the Institute has examined these very serious issues.

We have attached a statement of the findings reached by the Institute in this matter. These include:

• That Mr. Hillar claimed an academic credential on his resume (a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon) that he did not in fact earn.

• That the Institute has been unable to substantiate the military service claimed by Mr. Hillar.

Because Mr. Hillar never applied for a position as an employee of the Institute, serving only as an independent contractor retained to lead a single three-day, one-credit workshop per semester, he was not subject to the pre-employment background checks that the Institute requires of all regular employees, a category that includes all faculty and adjunct faculty. As a result of this incident, the Institute has made the decision to extend the requirement for a full pre-engagement background check to any person who provides classroom instruction for academic credit at the Monterey Institute, regardless of their employment status. This change in policy is effective immediately.

These findings of course require us to address the issue of academic credit for the workshops led by Mr. Hillar in the past. As a consequence of our findings in this matter, the Institute will offer two options to every student who has taken a workshop led by Mr. Hillar at the Monterey Institute:

• Affected students who met the academic requirements of the workshop may choose to allow the credit to stand on their academic record. (Students choosing this option do not need to take any action.)

• Alternatively, affected students may request that the credit from the workshop be removed from their academic record, in which case they will be offered the opportunity to enroll in another one-credit workshop offered by the Institute at no additional cost. (Students choosing this option should contact Tate Miller, dean of Advising, Career and Student Services, by December 14.)

The Institute is in the process of identifying a qualified instructor to lead a human trafficking workshop in the spring 2011 semester, and will work to make this workshop available both on-site and online.

In the course of our review, we confirmed that most of our workshops are currently led by regular or adjunct faculty.

We recognize that many of you have been anxious to know the conclusions of this process. We want to assure you that this process has been both very thorough and conducted as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances. Those circumstances have included both extensive research and information-sharing with similarly affected institutions, and active cooperation with law enforcement.

The public record suggests that a number of agencies and institutions across the country, including law enforcement and other government agencies, non-profits, and educational institutions, have been similarly affected by Mr. Hillar’s actions. Nonetheless, the ultimate responsibility for the quality and integrity of the instruction received at the Monterey Institute of International Studies rests with us. We deeply regret this incident and offer our sincere apologies to the students, alumni, faculty, and staff who have been affected by it.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, we want to express our profound personal gratitude to the students who brought these issues to the administration’s attention. We are proud of your service, proud of the integrity you have displayed through your actions, and proud that you chose the Monterey Institute of International Studies.


Sunder Ramaswamy Amy Sands
President Provost

Sunder Ramaswamy should thank his stars I do not have son or daughter at MIIS.

Sunder Ramaswamy, how many years did MIIS promote bill hillar as an ADJUNCT PROFESSOR of MIIS?

Sunder Ramaswamy, how many years did bill hillar receive a paycheck from MIIS as an ADJUNCT PROFESSOR?

Sunder Ramaswamy, I'd sure like to see the pay stubs for bill hillar that say "CONTRACTOR".

Sunder Ramaswamy, anyone can make a mistake, but covering up your mistake in order to mitigate possible litigation, that's an integrity issue.

I hope you sleep well at night.

[IwakuniMarine]

I'm happy to see that MIIS is acknowledging that they screwed up and are now offering students some recourse, but their response is a cop-out, pure and simple. They lauded Hillar as a commodity for years, highlighting his credentials, especially his military ones. Let's face it, he was a money maker for the University. He had the students bought, hook, line and sinker because of the wild stories he told and brought the University lots of money in the process. His classes were always jam packed and everyone left his classes excited about everything that they thought they had learned.The University had no problem calling him an adjunct professor for the 5 years that he taught at our school, but now that he has been found to be a fraud, he is now just a "contractor." I have the audio of Hillar calling himself an adjunct professor and the saved MIIS websites are records of this as well.

Furthermore, the statement issued today states "In the course of our review, we confirmed that most of our workshops are currently led by regular or adjunct faculty." Does this mean that these professors will become "contractors" too if they are found to be fraudulent? And what does "most" mean? Are there actual contracted professors that weren't vetted because of past policies? This is not at all reassuring and only leads to more questions.

[Team Sergeant]

WAYBACKMACHINE, it's an internet "archive" which means if you have a website it archives your website, sort of like google does but for YEARS.

Guess who has been listed as an ADJUNCT PROFESSOR for MIIS.edu for YEARS?????????

Don't believe me, do your own research.

Sunder Ramaswamy you and MIIS have integrity issues.




http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://miis.edu


A 2005 pdf.doc showing bill hillar was an ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT MISS.EDU:

http://globalmajority.org/gm/images/...onfsched14.pdf


Funny that the Monterey Chapter of the Red Cross calls bill hillar a 'ADJUNCT PROFESSOR" of the Monterey Institute of International Studies. They should have known bill hillar was only a "CONTRACTOR" OF MIIS.EDU

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William Hillar
Adjunct Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies and University of Oregon. Retired Colonel, U.S. Special Forces.

William G. (Bill) Hillar is a retired Colonel of the U.S. Army Special Forces. He holds a B.A. in Psychology, an M.A. in Education, a Ph.D. in Health Education, and an honorary doctorate in Intercultural Relations. Col. Hillar leads many workshops and courses at colleges and universities in the area of Human Trafficking, International Terrorism, Security Careers (Intelligence Community), Transnational Drug Smuggling, and International Crime. He also works with firefighters and other first-responders where quick reaction and rapid recovery are essential for survival.

WAYBACK MACHINE ARCHIVES INTERNET WEBSITES
MIIS.EDU'S WEBSITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED SINCE 1996. I PICKED A YEAR AND WENT BACK TO JULY 19TH 2006, GUESS WHO I FOUND AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR WORKING FOR MIIS?
ADJUNCT FACULTY AND GUEST LECTURERS

Jonathan D. Berkey
Adjunct Professor

Email: jonathan.berkey@miis.edu

Charla Britt
Adjunct Professor

Expertise: Development Theory and Praxis;Natural Resources Governance;Gender and Development; Common Property Resources; Social Mobilization and Federation-Building; South Asia

Email: charla.britt@miis.edu

Geza Feketekuty
Distinguished Professor of Commercial Diplomacy

Expertise: International Trade Policy; Commercial Diplomacy; International Negotiations; International Economics

Discipline: International Economics

Email: gezaf@miis.edu

Andrew Fischer
Adjunct Professor

Discipline: International Environmental Policy

Email: andy.fischer@miis.edu

Usurla Glick
Adjunct Professor

Expertise: Geographical Information Systems

Email: ursula.glick@miis.edu

Peter Grothe
Adjunct Professor and Director, International Student Programs

Expertise: Cross-cultural Communication; US Government and Politics

Discipline: Political Science

Email: pgrothe@miis.edu

William Hillar
Adjunct Professor

Expertise: Tactical Counterterrorism;Explosive Ordnance;Emergency Medicine;Psychological Warfare;First Responder Training

Email: Bill.Hillar@miis.edu

Laura Strohm
Adjunct Professor

Expertise: International Environmental Policy; Public Administration

Discipline: International Environmental Policy

Email: lstrohm@miis.edu

Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr.
Adjunct Professor

Expertise: Population and Human Security Policy; Migration; Population and Global Environmental Change; Maternal and Child Health; Urbanization

Discipline: Sociology

Email: don.van.arsdol@miis.edu

[Richard]

These findings of course require us to address the issue of academic credit for the workshops led by Mr. Hillar in the past. As a consequence of our findings in this matter, the Institute will offer two options to every student who has taken a workshop led by Mr. Hillar at the Monterey Institute:

• Affected students who met the academic requirements of the workshop may choose to allow the credit to stand on their academic record. (Students choosing this option do not need to take any action.)

• Alternatively, affected students may request that the credit from the workshop be removed from their academic record, in which case they will be offered the opportunity to enroll in another one-credit workshop offered by the Institute at no additional cost. (Students choosing this option should contact Tate Miller, dean of Advising, Career and Student Services, by December 14.)

This is one of the biggest crocks of attempted academic sleight--of-hand malarkey I have ever seen perpetrated by an accredited credit-granting academic institution and should be a matter of grave concern to their national accrediting agencies, current students and alumni, and all other accredited institutions who either accepted or were in the process of accepting the credit which had been granted by MIIS for adjunct faculty member Bill Hillar's courses.

The Monterey Institute of International Studies is accredited, through its affiliation with Middlebury College, by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC), a higher education accrediting body recognized by the US Department of Education.

In addition, the Institute’s Fisher Program in International Business (Fisher International MBA) is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

And then there is the matter of defrauding the government by advertising, conducting, charging $$, and granting transferable credit to local, state, and federal employees for a fraudulant training course of instruction given by an adjunct faculty member of the MIIS.

I would wager Dr. Ramaswamy, his administrative staff, and his superiors at Middlebury College are losing as much sleep over this issue as their former adjunct faculty member is over his own issues.

Richard

[abc_123]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Sunder Ramaswamy should thank his stars I do not have son or daughter at MIIS.

Sunder Ramaswamy, how many years did MIIS promote bill hillar as an ADJUNCT PROFESSOR of MIIS?

Sunder Ramaswamy, how many years did bill hillar receive a paycheck from MIIS as an ADJUNCT PROFESSOR?

Sunder Ramaswamy, I'd sure like to see the pay stubs for bill hillar that say "CONTRACTOR".

Sunder Ramaswamy, anyone can make a mistake, but covering up your mistake in order to mitigate possible litigation, that's an integrity issue.

I hope you sleep well at night.

Wow. I hope the trustees, alumni and students are proud of the example of integrity that Sunder Ramaswamy and the administration are providing. Higher education at it's finest.

Yes a mistake is a mistake. But THIS is an indication of a character flaw...in the individual and the organization. Perhaps the organization can correct this.

I guess we'll see.

[The Reaper]

How would you go after a university, and dispute their national accreditation?

TR

[Snaquebite]

• Affected students who met the academic requirements of the workshop may choose to allow the credit to stand on their academic record. (Students choosing this option do not need to take any action.)

Why would anyone want to keep credits that could later be brought under criticism/question because the "professor" was found to be a fraud?

• Alternatively, affected students may request that the credit from the workshop be removed from their academic record, in which case they will be offered the opportunity to enroll in another one-credit workshop offered by the Institute at no additional cost. (Students choosing this option should contact Tate Miller, dean of Advising, Career and Student Services, by December 14.)

NO...I want full refund of all monies paid for the course due to the failure of the institution to offer a qualified professor.

[swatsurgeon]

IMHO, what is most telling is the professionalism demonstrated by the admins on this site who continuously and rightfully bring to light the people who portray themselves as U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers...who are NOT.

There should be no recognized financial or other gain in a persons life from a lie they have presented as truth. Any and all money's received by these 'pretenders' should be donated to the Green Beret Foundation....to assist those families who have lost a warrior, who truly deserve.

This should be the next evolution of this site....reaching out to District Attorneys, other lawyers who represent the local jurisdictions or state, that restitution be made to a worthwhile foundation.

ss

Originally Posted by IwakuniMarine

Furthermore, the statement issued today states "In the course of our review, we confirmed that most of our workshops are currently led by regular or adjunct faculty." Does this mean that these professors will become "contractors" too if they are found to be fraudulent? And what does "most" mean? Are there actual contracted professors that weren't vetted because of past policies? This is not at all reassuring and only leads to more questions.

I have to say, I've already forgotten about William G. Hillar. My eyes are now becoming focused on a much larger target of ethical concerns, perhaps the very nature of our commercial, higher education, be it, on campus or online resources. These educational processes need to be evaluated. We should start our own online higher educational campus, offering online courses in foreign studies. Let me think, were could we find "adjunct professors", "contractors", administrators experienced in traditional and revolutionary educational systems?