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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.”

It’s sort of ironic. She’s been doing great job of trying to calm down the college admissions process, which has gotten so ludicrous that many parents start obsessing over their kids’ resumes when applying to preschool, and by the time the kids are in middle school, a lot of them are joining in the obsession, thinking they have to have some sky high grade point average and piles of extracurricular accomplishments (even though they may not care a whit about any of the activities) because if they don’t have all this stuff they won’t get into big-name college, and if they don’t get into a big-name college their lives will be a tragic waste. I’m sure the only reason she put fake stuff on her resume is that, no matter how well-qualified she may have been for her initial job, she wouldn’t have even gotten and interview, much less hired, if her resume didn’t carry the credential of a college degree. All our institutions — academic, government, private business — should focus on people’s real ability, skills, and willingness to do a job, rather than paper credentials. I’m afraid the main reason this is hardly ever the case anymore, is the insane body of law that has built up to ban “discrimination”. Only specific credentials can reliably be used to defend against discrimination suits, e.g. “We didn’t hire applicant A over applicant B because applicant A was white, but because applicant A had a master’s degree and applicant B only had a bachelor’s degree.” Explaining that a less/non-degreed applicant just seemed more energetic and more enthusiastic about the specifics of the job, is a ticket to losing in court and facing a huge damage award.