African footballer in diploma mill scandal
Apr 24th, 2005From Gelf Magazine … George Weah, Liberian hero …
Now that Weah has changed his mind and decided to enter the 42-man race for the presidency in October, that landslide no longer seems inevitable. If Weah is to win, he will have to overcome the scandal that is unfolding about his educational background-no small irony, considering how negligible the issue is compared to the deep woes enveloping Liberia as it emerges from 14 years of civil war.
His campaign website states that he received his bachelor's degree in Sports Management from Parkwood University in London. This is not a legitimate degree. Parkwood University was shut down by the Federal Trade Commission in 2003 because its owners, among other things, were marketing and selling " phony diplomas issued by fictitious universities via unsolicited commercial email and the Internet.&lrquo;
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