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Diploma mills insert degree of fraud into job market
usa today. ^
| 9/29/03
| By Stephanie Armour
Posted on 09/29/2003 2:28:29 PM PDT by paltz
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:41:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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It turns out those diplomas came from degree mills, which are bogus universities that confer degrees for little or no study. When the mother followed his advice and took her daughter off insulin, the 8-year-old girl began vomiting and died.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: diplomamills; fraud; jobmarket
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:28:29 PM PDT
by
paltz
To: paltz
Beginnig of article
After Marion Kolitwenzew learned her daughter was diabetic, she took her in 1999 to a specialist for care. He seemed impressive, with an office full of medical supplies and a slew of medical degrees from universities.
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:29:45 PM PDT
by
paltz
To: paltz
To: isthisnickcool; paltz
"Back of the Matchbook U" alert.
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:32:41 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: paltz
The consumer and the ones that employ these people should bear some responsibility. Background and education must be checked,and checked thoroughly.
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:33:26 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: paltz
It's surprisingly difficult to validate academic credentials of anyone. I was interested in a man who claimed a Columbia degree, and no one at Cornell's main research library could begin to tell me how I could verify the degree without challenging the man directly.
ML/NJ
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:36:40 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: PatrickHenry; VadeRetro; Piltdown_Woman
A "Patriot University in Colorado" bump (y'all know what I mean...).
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:38:46 PM PDT
by
Junior
(Killed a six pack ... just to watch it die.)
To: ml/nj
I believe that any school can verify whether a degree was granted so long as the person did not request the "directory information" be withheld. Try calling the registrar's office.
Also, whether we like government involvement are not, accrediting bodies are listed on the Department of Education Website, and each body lists its members.
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:49:55 PM PDT
by
PrincessB
To: Junior
To: paltz
Shouldn't this have a "Big Duh Alert" ?
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:59:14 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Stop thinking about it and do it.)
To: paltz
There's not much difference between diploma mills and affirmative action universities - except maybe time and money.
To: paltz
Unfortunately, some employers are perfectly willing to hire and retain these phony graduates and people with questionable credentials. I once pointed out a patently dishonest internal resume to my manager while we were screening applicants for a marketing position. I was assured that "hyperbole is expected" in resumes and not to worry about it. She was an affirmative action case and got the job, of course. We had another such marketing manager whose degree was from an unaccredited university and who treated her peers to screaming tirades. It was all tolerated to keep up the "diversity" numbers. It really made me sick. Not all managers really want to know about phony credentials.
To: isthisnickcool
Let's not forget phoney degrees like Chelsea's too. Ligitimate universities handing out degrees for non-attendance to the daughter of the smartest woman in the world.
To: paltz
Verification is only a certified transcript request away.
It takes real moxie to buy a fake degree in ethics!!!
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posted on
09/29/2003 3:18:12 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." GWB 9/20/01)
To: caisson71
There's not much difference between diploma mills and affirmative action universities - except maybe time and money.My friend, you've just lumped every college and university in the country in the diploma-mill list. Virtually every higher-education institution, public or private, in America is an a affirmative-action, equal-opportunity institution.
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posted on
09/29/2003 3:29:58 PM PDT
by
El Conservador
("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
To: El Conservador
However,
What they may be misssing are the Alumnae Associations...the fringe benefis of being a graduate from an institution. And those who want to fake their wa into the richie rich crowd would have to come up with a prep school diploma too, and those institutions are so small, one is bound to get caught.
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posted on
09/29/2003 5:22:10 PM PDT
by
paltz
To: paltz
I keep getting emails telling me I can buy a diploma.
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posted on
09/29/2003 5:24:14 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Life isn't fair. It's fairer than death, is all.")
To: paltz
I work for a big aerospace company. At one point, they created a "skills database" which included degrees. The electronic form stated that "proof" of degree had to be provided to one's manager.
I brought in my diplomas and showed them to her.
"Why are you showing me these?"
"The online form said I had to provide proof."
"Well, you're the only staff member (of ~40 in her group) who has done so."
"You mean I could have given myself a PhD?!"
--Boris
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posted on
09/29/2003 5:46:44 PM PDT
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: paltz
Does this invalidate my dog's internet Harvard Law degree?
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posted on
09/29/2003 5:47:56 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Junior
What-the-heck! 500-bucks and I could already have my PhD instead of slaving away watching myself grow older.
No, seriously...I enjoy pain, and I have ethics. I'll finish the right way.
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posted on
09/30/2003 12:14:44 AM PDT
by
Aracelis
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