HSD official obtained Ph.D. from diploma mill

Washington Technology ^ | 05/30/03 | By Patience Wait and Wilson P. Dizard III

[decimon]

Guarding the guards

[billorites]

As as ordained minister, this sort of thing really burns my ass.

[metesky]

Universal Life Church?

[Gorzaloon]

As as ordained minister, this sort of thing really burns my ass.

I share your pain, My Child.

Decades ago, a person who worked for me, who considered me a Nice Guy, spent $75 on a birthday present for me.

It was a certificate informing me I was ordained an Archbishop in the Universal Life Church.

Never thought of putting it on a resume`, though.

Everyone thought it was a real hoot. So, what's the honorific for an Archbishop? I just want to know how I should sign these posts.

"The Right Reverend, Gorzaloon, His Grace"?

[TankerKC]

As as ordained minister, this sort of thing really burns my ass.

Posts likes yours are one of the reasons I read FR. Who says conservatives don't have a sense of humor?

[fporretto]

Your Grace, do you know of a Mill I could go to that would officially certify me as a Plenipotentiary Lord High Exterminator or a Maximum Thunder Stud? I mean, Ph.D.s are so ordinary.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[TankerKC]

By Patience Wait and Wilson P. Dizard III Post Newsweek Tech Media

Patience Wait? No way.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Hey, you got one up on ol' Algore. He flunked out of divinity school, and didn't have the smarts to buy a degree.

[decimon]

Patience Wait? No way.

An interesting name but the story seems true.

"Dr. Callahan is a member of the Chief Information Officer’s (CIO) Council, the Executive Council, and Co-Chair for of the CIO Council’s Committee on Security, Privacy, and Critical Infrastructure ProtectionWorkforce and Human Capital for IT Committee. She is a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association and the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee. She is a published author on the subject of computer science and has received over 45 various awards and forms of recognition for her contributions as a civil servant. Dr. Callahan has Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Computer Science, and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems from Hamilton University."

Callahan Bio

[decimon]

As as ordained minister, this sort of thing really burns my ass.

But not as much as the flaming aholes at IRS. :-)

[decimon]

Geezums. I always thought people just buy those things to hang in their cubicles as a joke. I didn't know anyone would actually be stupid enough to list one of those toy degrees on their resume.

Stupid if you're high profile like Callahan. Otherwise I believe it all too often works.

[FreePaul]

When I saw the headline on this I first thought that you may be posting about Houston Independent School District (HISD). The HISD is full of administrators, and probably teachers and principals, who have diploma mill advanced degrees. The HISD refuses to give out any information as to where the degrees were obtained. Some local news agencies have found many were not from accredited colleges. Pay and promotion depends on these degrees so the taxpayers are just being scammed again.

[decimon]

When I saw the headline on this I first thought that you may be posting about Houston Independent School District (HISD). The HISD is full of administrators, and probably teachers and principals, who have diploma mill advanced degrees.

A national and international scandal in the making, IMO. Think the guy in the next cubicle really graduated college? It's likely that no one has checked so who knows?

[chimera]

Accreditation is everything. It doesn't take much effort (some, but not much) to check out whether or not a school is accredited by a reputable accrediting body. Evidently the folks at Homeland Security didn't want to take the time to check. Makes me feel really secure. Whoever dropped the ball at Homeland Security in checking the credentials of their employees is as much to blame as Callahan for trying to pull a fast one.

[decimon]

Whoever dropped the ball at Homeland Security in checking the credentials of their employees is as much to blame as Callahan for trying to pull a fast one.

My guess is that the credentials were "established" at past FedGov agencies and carried over without question. Both the bogus degree and the carrying over could be common. How would we know?

[TankerKC]

I once came into a shop that had just gone through a scandal like this. There was a worker who claimed to have a BS and MS, though no one ever checked his records. He also claimed to be involved in several civic organizations and that he had been named one of the Jaycees Top Ten Young Men in America (or some similar title). There was a bag full of different honors and titles that he claimed.

The funny thing was that he never did well on his promotion tests. Well, the Air Force has a program called Stripes for Exceptional Performers (STEP). A sensible person would ask why, if he had an advanced degree, he couldn’t take his promotion test and EARN a stripe, but I guess no one asked. Long story short….he got a STEP promotion to E-6, then the lies fell in on him. He got a trip to E-1 and room and board for the next six years.

The folks that listened to his BS and never checked it should have been reprimanded, too.

[decimon]

The folks that listened to his BS and never checked it should have been reprimanded, too.

BS goes a long way in the private sector as well. And it shows in businesses that falter.

From what I've read, the checking of claimed credentials is growing but not all that common.

[BIGZ]

Do we have a picture of this individual? Is this another case of affirmative action.