Council of Europe (COE)

I would like to read more about the Council of Europe "COE" an intergov't agency based in Strasbourg, France, which keep track of degree mills. Also, I would like to see the COE's list of degree mills institutions

 

Their site is http://www.coe.int

When I visited there many years ago, the man in charge of maintaining and publicizing their list of degree mills was Dr. Michael Vorbeck. I found nothing about it or him on their site now, and don't know if they still have this activity.

 

Are there any other good degree mill tracking organizations? (I couldn't connect to the www.coe.int site; I'll try again tomorrow.)

 

Degree Mill Tracking Organizations

Bill H: Are there any other good degree mill tracking organizations?

Oh, I wish there were, but I am not aware of anyone other than the State of Oregon (with its limitations) and yours truly (with his limitations). The history of efforts in this arena is fairly consistent. For instance:

1. U.S. Dept of Education put out its list of diploma mills in the early 1960s. Got lots of flak. Never did it again.

2. Council of Europe put out its list in the 70s, got lots of flak, never did it again as far as I know.

3. In the 70s and 80s, The Association of Business Executives in London published lists of degree mills in their Education and Training magazine. But the magazine was sold, and the new owners stopped doing this.

4. The American Council on Education announced in the '80s that their planned book Diploma Mills: Degrees of Fraud would be a hard hitting book, naming names. When it finally came out 6 years later, it was soft hitting instead, accompanied by an apology saying that their lawyers had advised them not to name names, except of already-convicted operators.

5. Steve Levicoff named many names in his excellent Name It and Frame It book. But he decided not to update it after his 4th edition some years ago, and I believe it is no longer available on his website, because, he said, it is too out of date.

 

Re: Re: Council of Europe (COE)

It showed up on my machine. (16 February 2002 23:48 CST)

Darren.