Most graduates like to feel positive about their alma mater and for this reason try to find the school with the best reputation, recognition and status their budget will allow. Should the same hold true for degree mill graduates? After all, if one is going to go the degree mill route, should one not choose the best degree mill available? Possible considerations in choosing a degree mill: 1) Cost 2) Work load 3) Reputation of school 4) Achievement of graduates 5) Time needed to obtain degree 6) Recognition of faculty Seriously, if one goes the degree mill route, one should be proud of one's alma mater.
Here's some others 1. Degree Mill owner does NOT currently have any outstanding warrants. 2. Degree Mill owner did not walk out on his trial while the jury was deliberating. 3. Degree Mill owns two mansions, 60 foot yacht, and 6 luxury cars. 4. Degree Mill operator actually has a real education (high school diploma).
This is offensive to the millions of legitimate high school grads, Bill. Ummmm, or were you implying those who graduated from high school diploma mills?
Quite right, that should read 4. Degree Mill operator actually has an advanced education (high school diploma).
Bill, I know of at least one famous author who would routinely list his high high school diploma as one of his "degrees" on bios and book jackets. Tony
Tony, Was his "HIGH HIGH SCHOOL" an advanced high school, a higher than usual high school or perhaps located on a hill?
It seems strange that someone would list a high school diploma on a bio and book jackets but, I'm all for the high school spirit. Was he perhaps the high school quarterback hero that lead his team to the state championships his junior and senior years?
I'm not sure how to define "degree mill". If it simply means 'non-accredited university', a lot would depend on how credible I found the program. I can think of several non-accredited schools whose programs I consider among the best in the world. I would feel pride in that. But even if "degree mill" means 'total fraud', I can imagine a certain kind of person having pride in it. I can imagine somebody being proud of how smoothly he or she had been able to con other people. I can even imagine a more self-righteous sort of pride in how easily the ranks of the haughty self-absorbed degree-snobs had been violated. But some people might actually believe it. If people believe that they really deserve recognition that they aren't receiving, they may feel a sense of injustice and believe that a spurious degree only gives them what they so clearly deserve, the recognition of others.
Re: Re: Degree Mill Alma Mater The reason I placed this thread on the "Off Topic" section was to distinguish it from any association with serious scholarship, i.e., a degree for cash transaction, or requirements so minimal that no serious learner would be duped. I agree with you, Bill, that solid substantive unaccredited schools do exist. Their degrees will have less utility, their graduates may be placed in uncomfortable situations of explaining the school's status, however, for some people the unaccredited route has been adequate. This is not how I would define a degree mill.
