Engineering Degree Online | Your tax dollars at work??

Posted by bposton on November 7th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

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.

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engineering degree online : phony degrees abound

Posted by bposton on October 28th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

You’d think that with all the information out there on phony colleges and diploma mills, that everyone would be wise to it and no one in positions of authority would be able to slide in with a phony degree.

Well, my online dorm room buddy, you’d be wrong.

Just a couple of years ago, CBS News did an investigation and found that phony degrees are all over the place.

And just who are these people with these phony degrees and what jobs to they have?

Well, not to scare you, but they found safety engineers at nuclear power plants and biological weapons experts. People who work at NATO headquarters, at the Pentagon and just about every federal government agency.

That’s right, the CBS News investigation found employees at each of these places with degrees from phony schools.

IN fact, the investigation turned up a man who worked at a dipolma mill who said he says he’s not surprised to know that there are people working at almost every level of government who have phony degrees.

Here’s another example:

At the time of the investigation, it was reported that Charles Abell, who then was the Assistant Secretary of Defense had a master’s from Columbus University, which is a diploma mill that the state of Louisiana shut down.

So please be careful and mindful when you’re looking for the right program, and make sure
you get a legit degree from a legit organization.

Ben

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