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To See if a School Is Accredited:
Just search for them in CHEA's database — that's the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
They're a pretty big deal. :)
I've got accreditation on the brain today from reading this story about a high school diploma mill called Belford High ...
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Milestone in Feline HistoryThe debate over who's smarter, cats or dogs, may have met its end. Though dogs were the first to enter space (on Sputnik II, 1957), the pup had no formal education to speak of. The feline species, however, is proud to officially be the first outside of the humans species to boast a high school degree. Oreo C. ...
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The latest diploma mill news involves a key leader at the U.S. Army's Aviation and Missile Command. It seems that he used his fake degree to get a pay raise and promotion. A local news station caught him in the act. This guy‘s resume lists that he got that bachelor's degree in 2001 (from the diploma mill). The next ...
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I received an e-mail the other day from a fan who evidently reads my blog. The email was short and to the point. It simply asked if my degree from Kaplan University was real, or were they a diploma mill.
I was not sure what to think. In one of those rare moments where I was not sure what to say to such as question, I just ...
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It gives us great pleasure to share the following with you: Warren National University, formerly Kennedy-Western University, has announced that it will cease operations effective March 31st, 2009.
Although Warren/Kennedy-Western tried to achieve both national and regional accreditation, it never operated as an accredited institution during ...
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Online education is more popular than ever, and – as eLearners can attest - it’s changing the lives of millions of people who can’t afford to put everything on hold for a “traditional” college degree. Nationwide, enrollments and course offerings continue to grow, as does the abundance of reputable, innovative ...
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I try to keep up with diploma mill action around the country. If for no other reason than the hysterical chuckle it gives me when I read their misguided e-mail. I received one recently that was quite humorous.
Subject: You are nominated for the MBA
Bacheelor, MasteerMBA, and Doctoraate diplomas available in the field of your choice ...
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I recently received a great question from Lee.
I'm attending Kaplan University for my MBA. I've read that you got your BS degree from there. I want to know how good this school is. Is it hard to graduate from here? Is it very well-known by most employers? If I got my MBA degree from here, do you think I can get a good ...
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Earlier this morning Helen dropped a news article on my desk. The article was local, just a few counties down from our office here in Hudson County, New Jersey. The topic covered something that I've become very familiar with: professionals using the fradulent services of diploma mills to purchase an advanced degree.
The superintendent and ...
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From the Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008031770_apwadiplomamill1stldwritethru.html:
"Leader of Spokane diploma mill sentenced
The
leader of a diploma mill that sold more than 10,000 fake high school
and college degrees around the world has been sentenced to three years
in ...
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If you live in Mississippi and operate a diploma mill or other unaccredited “college”, you might want to find shelter. It appears that the state of Mississippi is going to start cracking down on people doing just that. What really caught my attention is the quote which pretty much acknowledges that Mississippi is a haven ...
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If a company hires a person for a specific job and finds out later that their degree was obtained fraudulently, whose fault is it? Apparently fraudulent degrees are still making news. I have to point to the employer if anyone is to be blamed.
There are tools and resources available to determine if a degree is real or not. ...
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The plague otherwise known as a diploma mill is a topic that I have not addressed in a while. I receive news every day having to do with diploma mills because as someone who has been afforded a great opportunity in online/distance education, it really bothers me when (1) People take advantage of others for the sake of money and (2) people ...
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According to The Huntsville Times, Alabama is fast becoming a hub for diploma mills as the state exercises little regulation in licensing colleges.Many of the institutions at issue operate online. A diploma mill, strictly speaking, is one that is unaccredited and operating without the regulation of a state or professional agency...The alleged ...
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Almeda University will never be listed on eLearners.com anytime soon.
Why?
Currently, this "educational provider" is not accredited. Here's an excerpt from their Web site:
"Consistent with our lofty standards, we are proud to offer our students a rich and rewarding route toward obtaining a Master or Doctorate ...
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“Justice, Integrity, and Service” is the motto of the United States Marshals Service, the oldest law enforcement agency in the U.S. [Think The Fugitive (1993) and U.S. Marshals (1998).]
Unfortunately, one ex-U.S. Marshal has sullied those proud words.
According to a recent AP story, 47-year-old former Deputy Marshal David ...
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http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/418981.html
16 Sacramento city firefighters together pocketed $50,000 in extra pay after
using bachelor's degrees purchased from online diploma mills to obtain raises, a
Bee investigation has found.
Sacramento has taken away their raises, but the disgrace however, well that's
another story...
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Warren County (NY) sheriff candidate Bud York has a college degree from a
notoriously well-known “degree mill.” Now that in itself is embarrassing, but
can you imagine having to disclose this while running for public office?
Well, that’s what York had to do last week while attempting to unseat Warren
County’s ...
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So I'm drinking my morning coffee and going through my e-mail news alerts when I start laughing so hard that I nearly choke, reading this "breaking news": XXXXXX University Awarded Membership in NAOAA.
The story goes on to say (and truthfully, I cringe at even linking to it: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/6/emw533220.htm): ...
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You can fool some of
the people all the time and all the people some of the time; but you can’t fool
all the people all the time. – Abraham Lincoln There are two kinds of cheaters: the ones that don’t get it,
and the ones that don’t care. Some
students simply do not understand a specific ...
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Start the . . . bidding?
helenh, a blogger here at eLearners, came across something disturbing and brought it to my attention: fake degrees are being listed as auction items at eBay.com.
My first reaction was one of utter disgust. Education is not a commodity, and this kind of listing demeans the efforts of those who have sacrificed a lot to ...
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A dean of admissions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology resigned today because she apparently lied on her résumé about her educational background.
In a statement, Marilee Jones said, "I misrepresented my academic degrees when I first applied to MIT 28 years ago and did not have the courage to correct my resume when ...
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Your concern was with Associate Degrees, but this information may neverthess be helpful Bloggers continually debate the quality of colleges and universities that have online MBA programs; however, the arguments are usually more emotional than factual. My research has shown that there are both stars and stinkers in this important field ...
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Officials in Marion County, Indiana had to pull a job offer to Mr.
Troy Hoppes when it was revealed that he did not earn his degree from a
legitimate institution.
Earlier last week, Mr. Hoppes "learned" that his master’s degree in psychology was issued by a diploma mill.
He had been offered a position as superintendent at ...
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It's a fact that higher levels of education enable you to earn higher
wages. In many professions, an upgrade in your level of educational
attainment will qualify you for a raise. For example, most teachers
will enjoy salary increases as they earn advanced degrees ... the
caveat being that these degrees must be properly accredited.
Case in ...
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