Cheap useless degrees....

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by PhiloScholar, Aug 28, 2005.

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  1. PhiloScholar

    PhiloScholar Member

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  2. richtx

    richtx New Member

    stupidy abounds

    You have stupid people coming out of legitamate schools also. I don't see the big deal. If corporations are too stupid or lazy to properly screen applicants they deserve to be scammed. :)
     
  3. galanga

    galanga New Member

    it's more complicated than this

    It's more complicated than this. I know of a patent law firm that had hired a lawyer to be the firm's expert in biochemistry-related issues: he held a PhD in the subject. The lawyer had been recommended to the law firm by a national head-hunting firm that was thought to be reliable.

    The head hunter even claimed to do a criminal background check, in all its thoroughness. For its services the head hunting firm charged the patent law firm a few tens of thousands of dollars, which the law firm willingly paid, since a thorough vetting of new associates is an important part of the firm's due diligence. It's also necessary to avoid their own exposure to lawsuits from their own clients if they lose a case.

    The associate's PhD was from "Wexford University" and was purchased shortly before the FTC blew away the University Degree Program, the parent organization mounting Wexford.

    The law firm found out that Wexford was a diploma mill, fired the associate, demanded that the head hunter refund their fee and provide a comparable sum as compensation for the mess they had made. The associate fought the dismissal (I don't remember if it actually went to court), but unsuccessfully.

    A view that it's reasonable to have a regulation-free consumer/employer - beware approach to academic credentials is just as naive as it would be to hold that view towards pharmaceutical products.

    This is somewhat besides, the point, but here is the sort of degree that Wexford would offer:
    The minor's OK, but the major is baloney.
     
  4. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

    He's an English teacher. So maybe the degree was in Science Fiction (aka baloney).
     
  5. mcdirector

    mcdirector New Member

    Ashwood also has a page that says "Degree Mill"
     
  6. TCord1964

    TCord1964 New Member

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