Diploma mills are almost as old as the university itself. Scott McLemee wonders why there isn't more scholarship on the real problem of fake degrees.
Diploma mills
Diploma mills
Oct 19, 2012
Newly launched Cambridge Graduate University has an impressive list of faculty members. Too bad many of them have never heard of it.
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October 19, 2012
Newly launched Cambridge Graduate University has an impressive list of faculty members. Too bad many of them have never heard of it.
September 5, 2012
The credit hour wasn't supposed to measure learning, for good reason, according to a new report, which recommends how to revise or even drop the standard without leading to abuse.
March 7, 2012
Largely unregulated for-profit vocational colleges, which can't receive federal student aid, collect 40 percent of military spouse tuition benefits.
February 14, 2012
Stories about colleges in New York and North Dakota highlight the lack of independent authority overseeing the quality of universities’ efforts abroad.
October 27, 2011
A fire chief without a college education sparks disagreement about growing value of degrees for firefighters.
October 12, 2011
Two top officials of community college are found to have doctorates from unaccredited institutions, raising questions about why nobody noticed their credentials before, and why no rules appear to be broken.
January 29, 2010
Bipartisan legislation would define dubious institutions (and the agencies that accredit them), bar use of phony degrees in federal hiring and promotion, and strengthen Federal Trade Commission enforcement.
November 3, 2009
Education Department discussion of financial aid rules begins with debate pitting for-profit colleges against their naysayers.
July 2, 2009
Attendees at Unesco World Conference on Higher Education, the second such gathering, will discuss "new dynamics" and persistent challenges -- including expanding access and combating degree mills.