"Young men in black offer to sell diplomas to pedestrians..."

The Chronicle of Higher Education, this week (May 17), in an article on academic corruption in China (rampant), reports that "A few steps outside Peking's tall, white south gate in the capital's bustling Haidan district, a center of university life and computer stores, young men in black offer to sell diplomas to pedestrians. Scrawled on phone booths [there is a photo of this] are phone numbers of other diploma sellers and people offering to take tests for students, including the Test of English as a Foreign Language."

(The article is by Chinese journalist Jiang Xuequin. I'm surprised that he spelled it 'Peking.')

 

John,

You seem to find all of these interesting news tidbits on diploma mills, scams, and time bombs right away. I'm impressed. You must be tuned to the "Degree Mill Channel."

John

 

Now there's a business idea if I ever heard of one!

Darren.