degrees for sale

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by airtorn, Oct 16, 2003.

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  1. airtorn

    airtorn Moderator

    ..and to think that I have been going to school on nights and weekends all these years for nothing...
     
  2. roysavia

    roysavia New Member

    Yes......a very good deal. Sign me up!
    Don't forget to add your new degrees on your resume when you apply for jobs with the Department of Homeland Security! :D
     
  3. rdl50

    rdl50 New Member

    i came acros thisa website as i was surfing the internet. They were advertising degrees for sale for as little as a 100 us dollars and of course they claim to be accredited by:

    accreditation status from various prestigious accredited institutes/organizations. such as:

    Board of Online Universities Accreditation (BOUA) and World Online Education Accrediting Commission (WOEAC).

    I can get my degree from Ashwood university from only 99.00 dollars but if I want i can get everything up to a masters for only

    349 us dollars

    Man this is a good deal

    I will get myself also a nice long free stay at the government expense if i ever use it but that is something they forget to mention

    Ah yes for those interested:

    [http://www.ashwooduniversity.net/]

    or

    [http://www.speedydegrees.com/index.asp]
     
  4. Carlos M. Lorie

    Carlos M. Lorie New Member

    If I wanted to go that route, I would print my own degree. It would be better looking and the paper would be worth more. Anyway I figure some idiots never learn.

    Thanks for link
     
  5. cbahur

    cbahur member

    It is amazing that people have enough apathy and ignorance to those around them to used fraudulent degrees. They - along with the operators of the mills - should be prosecuted.
     
  6. jerryclick

    jerryclick New Member

    What's frightening is that I could name at least one company where the management ranks are peppered with alumni of these "institutions." Large companies insist on degrees, cronies get into management positions, have to get degree to show upper management so they can keep their job, so they go out and buy a degree. In one case I know of, a manager was given time off, at full salary, to travel to Wyoming to complete his "residency requirements."
     
  7. cbahur

    cbahur member

    Its not just the business world that's suffering from fraudulent degrees. Ms. Callahan, a high-ranking computer specialist for the Department of Homeland Security, was discovered to have purchased 3 of her degrees from a mill in Wyoming - with government money!

    These degrees are a major problem when someone intentionally purchases them to harm others. Whether the diploma lands them in a job with airport security or a nuclear power plant technician post, a clear and present danger to others is obviously a factor that could occur.

    Mostly, I think that most of us - myself included - are fighting diploma mills for the things we can't think of. It only takes one person with a fake degree to make some decision that costs money - or takes precious human life... .
     
  8. brandon

    brandon New Member

    But you have to admit "Ashwood University" sounds more highbrow than many RA schools
     
  9. Jeff Hampton

    Jeff Hampton New Member

    Perhaps not , but probably greater utility. I suspect that H.R. people are much less likely to check out a school if it "sounds legitimate."
     
  10. cbahur

    cbahur member

    No matter how the name sounds, that doesn't make it any more or less legitimate. A mill is a mill.
     

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