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MIT Admissions Dean Resigns { Marilee Jones faked Resume }
AP via SFGate ^
| 4/26/7
| JUSTIN POPE
Posted on 04/26/2007 10:25:33 AM PDT by SmithL
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Thursday that admissions dean Marilee Jones a crusader for reducing the anxiety around college admissions has resigned for misrepresenting her academic credentials to the university.
Jones, dean since 1997, has been a highly visible campaigner for reforming the college admissions process. She issued a statement saying she had misrepresented her credentials when she first came to work at MIT 28 years ago and "did not have the courage to correct my resume when I applied for my current job or at any time since.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: academia; bogusdegree; fakeresume; frauds; marileejones; mit
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:25:36 AM PDT
by
SmithL
Why lie? It’s so easy to buy a REAL degree online, right now.
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:26:52 AM PDT
by
SmithL
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: SmithL
Debunks the notion there is intelligent life at MIT.
3
posted on
04/26/2007 10:27:55 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(Yesterday was pretty good, today is shaping up nicely, and tomorrow anything is possible)
To: SmithL
She can always get a job with Joe Biden’s Staff..........
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:28:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
To: SmithL
But did she stay at a Holliday Inn Express last night?
To: SmithL
"did not have the courage to correct my resume" I believe that when applying for an internal job, the person is asked for an "updated resume". Her initial mistake occurred 28 years ago. She could have "updated" her resume at any point and explained that "This new version corrects some old errors" and no one would have cared.
I don't see this as lack of courage. It's just dishonest.
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:30:39 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Enoch Powell was right.)
To: SmithL
Was Marilee Jones a minority applicant? Academia was all in a dither at one time to hire minorities ... perhaps in their haste MIT didn’t scrutinize her resume/academic credentials to the extent they should have ...
7
posted on
04/26/2007 10:31:59 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: BluH2o
8
posted on
04/26/2007 10:34:48 AM PDT
by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: BluH2o
9
posted on
04/26/2007 10:35:10 AM PDT
by
Pete
To: BluH2o
10
posted on
04/26/2007 10:35:24 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
To: SmithL
I went to Bunker Hill Community College.
I sometimes leave that off my resume. LOL
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:37:22 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: SmithL
Sounds like someone got the goods on her and she was trying to get ahead of the story before it broke.
Too bad a 28-year career had to end over something so stupid.
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:37:32 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
(Americans never quit. -Douglas MacArthur)
To: SmithL
Interesting, though. I wonder if she really has a degree at all. Either way she’s apparently done a good job where she is ... er ... was...
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:37:38 AM PDT
by
Frapster
(Don't mind me - I'm distracted by the pretty lights.)
To: SmithL
"...and "did not have the courage to correct my resume when I applied for my current job or at any time since." Courage?
More gobblygook speak!!
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:37:50 AM PDT
by
blam
To: Frapster
I had a humanities prof as a freshman, and the guy claimed he had a couple of degrees from Harvard.
Er, nope.
The dean got wind of this, and out our prof went. As the old saying goes: “Good riddance to bad rubbish.”
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:40:35 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
(Americans never quit. -Douglas MacArthur)
To: SmithL
>ItÂs so easy to buy a REAL degree online, right now
"...she had misrepresented her credentials when she first came to work at MIT 28 years ago"
In '79
the fake diploma market
was just starting out . . .
To: SmithL
This is not the worst admission of guilt I have ever heard, but I long to hear someone actually say, “I lied, it was wrong and there is no excuse for my behavior.” And then they would uncomplainingly accept the punishment and refuse to write a book about it.
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:44:09 AM PDT
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: SmithL
If she'd been at MIT for 28 years, why would she even care what her CV states about ancient history?
She should have just omitted it without comment on her new resume.
To: SmithL
She was clearly qualified for the job no matter what her “credentials” were or were not.
To: Pete
I think this photo debunks the entry that states she was a Jenny Craig spokesmodel......
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posted on
04/26/2007 10:59:22 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
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