Blow whistles on fake college degrees

Posted by in Uncategorized Oct 26th, 2004

A good point over at the Virtual University Gazette, as there is a lot of confusion out there about what degrees are legit or not. All the ones listed at this site are top distance education providers who have a lot to lose by doing fraudulent business, so they can be trusted I'm sure they're also interested in cracking down on the scam degrees as it gives all of them a bad name.

"If you're got an email account I can guarantee you've received a pitch from a fraudulent online college or a diploma mill in the last 30 days," assures online degree expert Vicky Phillips.
Diploma mills are bogus online universities that sell college diplomas ~ the piece of paper itself rather than the educational experience ~ to any applicant who presents a valid credit card.

Phillips, who serves as CEO of America's leading online degree clearinghouse, GetEducated.com, LLC, personally receives hundreds of solicitations from fake online colleges each week. In response, her company has launched a new free online service, The Diploma Mill Police (SM).

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