Engineering Degree Online | Your tax dollars at work??
Here’s a statistic that just burns me up…
Back in September of 2004, the Government Accountability Office released a report that found federal
agencies had spent at least $169,000 for their employees to obtain degrees from two so-called “diploma mills,”
California Coast University and Kennedy-Western University.
The GAO report defined diploma mills as “non-traditional, unaccredited, post-secondary schools
that offer degrees for a relatively low flat fee, promote the award of academic credits based on
life experience, and do not require any classroom instruction.”
That’s $169,000 of YOUR tax dollars going out to diploma mills, my good friend.
In the report, however, it was also mentioned that no “uniform verification process” exists for such institutions,
particularly online degree programs.
Don’t you think we need a verification process? Otherwise this number will just get higher, and probably already has.
At there are some states who have taken the initative. These include Oregon and California,
who have refused to recognize Kennedy-Western degrees.
