Sometimes an online degree is respected. Sometimes it isn't, especially when connected to suspicions of a diploma mill.

Two Naples, Florida police officers were fired after it was revealed that the degrees they submitted in order to gain pay increases were from a 'diploma mill.' Three months after they began fighting to get their jobs back, they were rehired.

The officers purchased the degrees from Almeda University, an institution that claims to offer degrees based on 'life experience.'

The controversy continues to remain heated. You can read the full details here.

What do you think? Did the punishment fit the crime? Is it not a big deal? How does this affect the future of valid online degrees?

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