engineering degree online : interesting news story

Posted by bposton on October 29th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

I was reading the news in my online dorm room the other night and saw an interesting story.

Seems that a grand jury in Seneca County (in Ohio I believe) indicted a new police chief on two felony counts of tampering with records and two misdemeanor charges of “falsification involving his qualifications”.

The chief was accused of misrepresenting his credentials when applying for the police chief’s position earlier this year.

At issue is that fact that he obtained a criminal-justice degree from Concordia College and University, an online degree program in the Virgin Islands.

Now he did have 16 years of experience so that should count for something, and I’m not sure if they’re actually saying that the degree is bogus, but if he’s convicted, he could get a potential prison term of one to five years and a $10,000 fine for each felony count and a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for each misdemeanor count.

So I’ll try to keep an eye on this and let you know what happens.

But just another way to give word to the wise - make sure you check out your program!

Ben

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