The Associated Press - Oregon clamps down on phony degrees

Oregon clamps down on phony degrees
7/4/2005, 1:48 p.m. PT
The Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In an effort to discourage bogus degrees, Oregon lawmakers want students to be required to include a disclaimer on their resume if their degree is from a nonaccredited institution.

The bill passed by the Oregon Senate last week is part of an effort by legislators to combat degrees from less-than-reputable institutions, which require a fraction of the coursework required at accredited colleges.

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To avoid a legal tangle, Oregon officials have agreed to stop making it illegal to mention the degree on a resume, so long as it is accompanied by the required disclaimer.

I copied this from another site

Learner

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He said (Alan Contreras) that the fact that students will have to place the disclaimer on their resume and letterhead will act as a "scarlet letter on their forehead," discouraging others from taking the same shortcut.

 

Ugh

TO THE READER: This subject/thread rightfully belongs here, in this forum, where Lerner corectly made his thread-starting post, above. But for some reason, Lerner also started a nearly identical thread over in the regular, distance learning forum (where it probably doesn't belong... but go figure).

Anyway... for whatever reason, over in that other nearly-identical thread is where all the meaningful replies by others have been posted. So, to keep there from being two threads on this subject from which the reader may not benefit if s/he reads one thread, but not the other, we all should probably just keep responding/posting on this subject over in the other thread.

To see it, click here.

 

Re: Ugh

When I posted this news here my web page timed out.
I asumed that my posting didn't work so I came back to try and post for a second time.
By mistake I posted on deferent chanel.

Wile my web page timed out the post did go trou.
So now I have the same tread on each site.

 

Snippet:
(2)(a) A person who has been awarded a degree from a
school other than a school described in section 1 of this 2005
Act may claim or represent that the person possesses an academic
degree if the claim or representation is accompanied by a
disclaimer that states: '(Name of school) does not have
accreditation recognized by the United States Department of
Education and has not been approved by the Office of Degree
Authorization. '
(b) The disclaimer shall be made in any resume, letterhead,
business card, announcement or advertisement in which the person
is claiming or representing to have an academic degree from a
school that does not meet the requirements of subsection (1) of
this section.


How do you fit that on a business card?

Type it on the back?

What about other wording that people can use i.e. licensed, equivalent to accredited etc?

 

It would have to be on the back or typed very small with not much white space left on the front.

Perhaps one could simply say "unaccredited" instead?

 

Yes,

An honest person will but dishonest will not.
An example can be the bogus "WAUC accredited."

Learner

 

I suspect that something like this might in time become usual:

Toivo P. U. "Stinky" Lahti, BA, MBA (u), MSc
Maritime Odours Consultant
234 Codpiece Way, Suite 666
Astoria, Oregon 97103

That's dignified, brief, and accurate.