And now, "honor society mills"

This week's Chronicle of Higher Education, four pages after devoting a full page with banner headline to the story about the attack on DegreeInfo.com*, has the headline "Honor-Society Mills Flourish Online."

The story features one of the many such services that, for a fee, will enroll anyone in a prestigious-sounding but worthless and often nonexistent organizations, such as the American Scholars National Honor Society.

What is especially intriguing (but missed by the Chronicle reporter) is that the above-named honor society is supposed to be based at Columbia State University. Columbia State, biggest degree mill of the 90s, is no longer functioning, I think, but one never knows. There have been at least two major fake universities run from behind prison walls, where Columbia State's founder now sits.
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* Their extremely favorable story about DegreeInfo and its attack from diploma mill operators, has several threads on this forum

 

GEEZ!

What is next?...Bar association mills?

 

Ordination Mills! Become a priest in a church which does not exist. Wait, this is not new...

Well, there is a place where you can buy one square inch of England and become a lord.

Craig, The Right Rev. Lord of Berkenshire

 

The Universal Life Church in Modesto, CA has been ordaining anyone who wishes to apply, for decades.

The also offer a variety of religious degrees, including a Ph.D. in religion.

 

Rev. Christian at your service.