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How did it get a .edu domain? Is it an accredited institution?

This domain was grandfathered in before October 2001.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.edu

That was my first thought. Educause is pretty strict about .edu domains. I was working IT at a (legitimate, accredited, state-run) school that renamed itself and we only had a short window (6mo before & after, IIRC) that we were allowed to operate both domains, after which they pulled the plug on the old one.

I was typing the same question as i saw this

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