Here is an interesting page by the AAAS noting a 1994 study that 70% of the people claiming Ph.D.'s in nutrition either faked or falsified their credentials. http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/per/per7.htm John
I was interested in this section: For example, in one case, the institution found two individuals misrepresented their credentials. Both claimed a Ph.D. from Northwestern University when they had a degree from a diploma mill, both claimed they did not know that their falsified credentials had been included in grant applications, and both claimed that a secretary had elevated the degree from the diploma mill to one from Northwestern University. However, individual A left the institution and later returned, filling out an employment application indicating that he had a degree from Northwestern University... I wonder what the "diploma mill" was? Something that could be confused with "Northwestern University." Perhaps Northwestern International University?
Northwestern International U. may be a very good guess. Also of interest, in endnote 5 in NSF 91-18 it was found that one claimant reported a Ph.D. when they actually had an Ed.D. John
One of the things I observed is that Cancer Treatment Centers of America (the largest advertiser for cancer treatment services in the US) used to proudly trumpet their special, wonderful holistic nutritionist who held a Ph.D.... and then the guy sort of disappeared unceremoniously without explanation. Turns out the individual had his Ph.D. from Kensington, one of those less-than-wonderful institutions that started out in CA and moved to HI when CA passed the oh-so-minimal requirements it now has. And it's one of those cases that's a pity, because the guy did seem to be pretty intelligent... wrote several books that seemed to be well researched, lots of citations, and decent science. Of course, I don't *know* that it was the less-than-wonderful Ph.D. that got him separated from Cancer Treatment Centers, but one has to wonder...
