The school of professional studies at Columbia offers "certificate" and "professional degrees" with minimal academic standards. Within the university, it is considered an embarrassment.
Advertising this credential is very misleading. This is a far cry from being, for example, a professor in the world class statistics department at Columbia.
I don't know the gentleman nor the facts of this case, but I'd be very suspicious of someone advertising a Columbia SPS affiliation.
He is not a professor at Columbia nor even an adjunct professor. He is a lecturer in the school of professional studies:
https://search.sites.columbia.edu/people/sm786
The school of professional studies at Columbia offers "certificate" and "professional degrees" with minimal academic standards. Within the university, it is considered an embarrassment.
Advertising this credential is very misleading. This is a far cry from being, for example, a professor in the world class statistics department at Columbia.
I don't know the gentleman nor the facts of this case, but I'd be very suspicious of someone advertising a Columbia SPS affiliation.