Degree Mills – Why Care?
Indiana University’s choice of new swim coach with fake diploma mill degree raises concerns, questions
Indiana University Hires Coach with Diploma Mill Degree: Why Real Colleges Should Care | GetEducated.com
Indiana University’s choice of new swim coach with fake diploma mill degree raises concerns, questions
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Dictators and Despots with Fake College Degrees?
Nate Thayer, Peabody Award winning investigative journalist, runs a compilation of blog posts on dictators and despots who appear to have attended online degree mills.
Diploma Mill Police Mascot Mentioned
Chester Ludlow, pug dog mascot of Get Educated.com’s Diploma Mill Police ®, earns mention in this article that compares the online education achievements of extremely smart American house pets, like Mr. Ludlow, to the degrees, diplomas and credentials displayed throughout history on the resumes of dictators and despots worldwide. (Chester had no idea his fellow online students were so politically connected.)
Don't Be Fooled by Degree Mills
All of them advertise online under the termsfast degree, life experience degrees, fast online degree, and work experience degree.
Diploma Mill Scams Target Latinos, Other Minorities
“Diploma mills prey on first generation college students, and they actively go after English-as-second-language populations,” said Vicky Phillips, owner of canine Chester Ludlow and founder of GetEducated.com, an information site for consumers of online education.
According to Phillips, states with large Latino populations have long been magnets for scams. Florida is a hotbed of bogus operators, and there have been several lawsuits against them in California. Texas has passed laws against them; however, Connecticut lacks strong consumer protections. According to Jaclyn Falkowski of the Connecticut Attorney General’s office, one complaint was filed in 2008, another in 2010, and there have been none since them. The state has not brought any cases against diploma mills in recent memory.
Breivik Sold Fake Diplomas to Fund Killing Spree
Breivik, the notorious gunman who killed 77 innocent young campers on Utoya Island, Norway, admits to having netted over a million dollars by running a racket that cranked out fake diplomas online.
Read more about how Breivik netted over a million with fake diplomas.
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Fake Degrees of Shame: Top Ten Online College Diploma Mill Cases
Over the past decade, thousands of people in the U.S. and around the world have bought fake degrees from online colleges.
The lure: earn your degree—fast and cheap. No tests required! Just submit your resume for a life and work experience evaluation and get an instant life experience degree. The only graduation requirement: a valid credit card.
Get Educated, Not Fleeced
“Washington International University has taken the path favored by many diploma mills. First they started with the name of a real and prestigious university. Then they got caught and changed their name. They moved several times as various locations changed laws to crack down on diploma mills. Now, Washington International University has incorporated in the British Virgin Islands where they are beyond the reach of the US authorities and US laws.”
“Washington International University has been around for quite some time,” said Vicky Phillips, online education expert and founder of GetEducated.com. “Originally they operated under the name Washington University, based in Hawaii. But there were a lot of problems involving the very reputable Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. So they left Hawaii and moved to South Dakota and then to Pennsylvania and changed their name to Washington International University. They have a long and checkered history.”

