From LaSalle University to Clark University

Hello all:

While lurking through candidate resumes, I found an interesting resume.
http://www.giscareers.com/CV-UWVOZAX.html#

I am confused of how a person with an undergraduate from a degree mill (LaSalle University, Mandeville, LA) was admitted to a graduate program at the prestigious Clark University at Worcester, MA.
http://www.clarku.edu/newsite/home/aboutclark.shtml

Bao

 

Maybe he does not know that LaSalle is a degree mill. But than how did he get into Clark University at Worcester, MA.

 

But surely the point is......

But surely the point is, whether or not this person knew, or did not know, that his bachelor's degree awarding body was a 'degree mill' (you term not mine), if he successfully completed his new course and satisfied all requirements ....that's what matters! Perhaps the other institution did not think the 'other' institution was a 'degree mill'! Perhaps, even if it was, they asked the candidate to produce the work he completed for his 'degree mill degree' and it was actually found to be be of the required standard!

'telfax'

 

It’s a common misconception that a bachelor’s degree is always required for admission to a graduate program. In this particular circumstance I can see two possibilities. One, he was admitted as a special student without regard to his bachelor’s degree. Or the admissions office at Clark mistook LaSalle, Louisiana for the accredited La Salle in Philly.

A few years ago, a applicant was admitted to the Yale Law School with no prior college experience at all. Of course, it helped he scored very high on the LSAT and was a self-made multi-millionaire.

 

Ah, the influence of "money" and "mind."

 

Thank you

I thank you for all your insights.

Bao

 

What seems most likely to me is that the fellow has a bogus diploma from LaSalle and plain lied about having a graduate degree from Clark.

I believe that the most common academic fraud is claiming degrees from colleges that were never earned rather than purchasing bogus diplomas. In this one example it appears likely that we have both types of academic fraud in the same resume.