Not sure if this is distance education, but still..... HOUSTON—What if we told you that your family dog could graduate from school? Not obedience school, but a program that awards high school diplomas. Sound incredible? Dog gets high school diploma as so-called 'degree mills' flourish under Texas law | khou.com Houston
Typical incomplete reporting???? I’m certainly not defending these so-called home-schools, but my understanding is the military now requires ALL home-schooled students to successfully complete a full-time semester of college before accepting them. (Somebody will surely correct me if that is wrong.) A semester in college should not be a big problem for the young woman in the video because in Texas community colleges are mostly open enrollment – no high-school diploma required! Now the dog part: that is just sad!:nono:
My dog appeared in the online edition of Backpacker magazine back in 2001. No particular reason for mentioning this; I'm just bragging.
Sounds like Texas needs to do a little more work on their home-school laws. In Louisiana, home-schooled high school students have to pass the GED to get a diploma.
Alleged diploma mill program traced to Pakistan Humm..... Stay in school. It’s the one thing Sherese Gilbert always told her kids. But the irony? She herself was a dropout. “I didn’t think it was fair that I was preaching it to them and I didn’t honor it myself,” Gilbert said. But then the time-strapped mom found a solution online—Belford High School—which promised to provide “your gateway to success” with a high school diploma. “It really looked legit,” Gilbert said. Alleged diploma mill program traced to Pakistan | khou.com Houston
Here's a link re: an ongoing class action lawsuit against these nasty folks: Belford Class Action Johann
I guess in some other states, they're allowed to simply PAW it! :smile: Here's an even worse case - a dog, "Sunny" was awarded an MD by "Ashwood U." believed to be operating from Pakistan, as is Belford. If you read how he "qualified" - it's a hoot! Second-last paragraph under "Incidence of Fraudulent Degrees." e.g. "significant proctology experience sniffing other dogs' bums..." Ashwood University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johann
You had to ask, Ted! List of animals with fraudulent diplomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :smile: There is a "Dr. Katze" listed, who is a feline, but I'm not sure where she obtained her doctorate... perhaps her owner could tell you. His story - and the story of "Zoe D. Katze, Ph.D." is here: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/01/believe-it-zoe-the-cat-phd/ Enjoy! Johann