Fake Degrees, Bitcoins & Blockchain

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Kizmet, Oct 23, 2015.

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  1. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    There's a lot of stuff like this starting to happen. I've heard it suggested that the blockchain is more important than Bitcoin itself.
     
  3. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    I believe that. And perhaps we'll soon all be able to make minuscule sums of money, using our computers 24/7 to verify degrees instead of Bitcoin transactions. :smile:

    J.
     
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  4. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Now we have movies about (1) Steve Jobs and (2) Facebook -- how long until a major studio releases "The Blockchain?" Could be a decent thriller.

    J.
     
  5. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  6. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    There are a few interesting characters in the Bitcoin space, that's for sure!
     
  7. Neuhaus

    Neuhaus Well-Known Member

    So, one thing I found useful from this website was the University database for the UK.

    I really wish that government databases like this (and the US equivalent) are really an excellent resource to crack down on diploma mill usage.

    Degree from Atlantic International University? Excellent. Huh, it doesn't appear in the US database. Oh, British accreditation? Cool. Huh, not in the UK database either. Seems pretty clear cut to me.

    Go a step further and get a bunch of countries together and make one big freaking database. You know, like an official one not like the enormous (but privately held and maintained) one operated by evaluators like WES.

    Then again, that would be efficient and useful, two services governments tend not to specialize in.
     
  8. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

  9. Neuhaus

    Neuhaus Well-Known Member

    I really like the CHEA one because it allows me to search by programmatic accreditor. So I can easily pull up a list of AACSB accredited business programs.

    The USDOE one I references only shows institutional accreditation. But I think it provides more information than CHEA (for example, if you search for the University of Atlanta it has information on its teach-out through DEAC).
     

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