U.S. Officials Sport Fake Degrees
...ived a Ph.D. in engineering administration from the unaccredited Columbia Pacific University in 1985, though he completed his class work at the fully accredited George Washington University.
Differences between diploma mills and legitimate though unaccredited schools are not easily defined.
The wors......more...No Third Degree for Diploma Mills
... campus pictures on Callahan's alma mater's suspiciously thin website, which is registered by a corporation in Hawaii.
The website says the school is accredited by the American Council of Private Colleges and Universities, which is not recognized as an official accrediting organization by the federa......more... Down by the Diploma Mills Stream
...reditation for any institution in their state wishing to offer a degree.
Oregon and New Jersey disallow use of degrees from institutions that are not accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or approved by the state's authorization agency.
While Oregon's policy is among......more... Rensselaer Rakes In the Dough
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The awards are administered by the National Science Foundation.
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E-arn your e-learning degree: Jones International University, the first fully accredited online university, will offer six master's of education degrees with a focus on e-learning starting this spring.
The degree is targeted at ......more... Criminals' Loss is Kids' Gain
...hought, Political Correctness, and The Ethics of Flannery O'Connor, cost $299 each, and they must be completed within 10 weeks.
The school is not yet accredited.
Craig Barrett, friend of education: The CEO of Intel received the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group Lifetime Achievement Award on Dec. 7 ......more... Phony Degrees a Hot Net Scam
...e. He estimates that more than 300 unaccredited university sites exist, with one to two new sites cropping up each week.
Just because a university is accredited does not mean that it is legitimate. Additionally, not all unaccredited universities are fraudulent. In the United States, an accrediting a......more... Biz School Gets an Upgrade
...y of this course content, said Venta.
Last year, only two US schools -- Georgia State University and Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vermont -- offered accredited degrees in e-commerce. But they will be joined in the fall by a number of schools, including Carnegie Mellon University, Vanderbilt Univers......more... No Room at the Bar
...casting a cynical eye toward the digital-age degree program that's the talk of the tradition-bound English legal establishment.
I am not aware of any accredited law schools in the United States that provide that type of program and ... I personally don't ever see that evolving, said Brian Gilligan, ......more... |