Degree Mills – Why Care?

Indiana University’s choice of new swim coach with fake diploma mill degree raises concerns, questions
There are exceptional individuals whose achievements alone qualify them for high ranking career positions. They perhaps do not need paper diplomas.
Okay, fine, forget the degree. Seek employment based on your achievements.
The situation is not one of a man insisting he was qualified sans degree. Instead, it is one of a man buying a fake degree, putting it on his resume, and using it to meet what was a career requirement for a series of college coaching jobs, the last being with IU. 
Selling fraudulent degrees has become a fast way for felons and terrorists to acquire millions in ready capital. 
In fact, the worst mass murderer in history, Anders Behring Breivik, who assassinated 77 young campers in Norway, funded his killing spree by operating a fake college credentials business online.
I do not think Indiana University can justify turning a blind eye to a global epidemic of fraud and corruption in an area that is the very bedrock of their publicly-funded mission.

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Indiana University’s choice of new swim coach with fake diploma mill degree raises concerns, questions
We are not talking about Johansen patronizing one of those cheesy websites that sell novelty Ivy League diplomas with your pet’s name emblazoned on it at $50 a pop. 
Using cheap fake degrees to shore up resumes has become commonplace. After buying my pug dog an MBA online with honors in finance for $499, I did a search of LinkedIn and located almost 500 other professionals who boast diplomas from Rochville University, including college instructors, politicians, engineers and nuclear scientists.
Rochville University is one of 20 or so fake colleges and high schools operated by Pakistani business man Salem Kureshi. Early this year, a Michigan court found Kureshi’s chain of online schools guilty of mass fraud and in violation of Rico laws. The court slapped a $22.7 million dollar fine on the degree mill conglomerate and issued a court order for Belford, a sister university and high school, to cease operations.
Degree mills ought not to be taken lightly, especially by those institutions that are in the business of providing real educations and safeguarding academic integrity.
Rochville’s other famous alumni: include William Drumheller, a Virginia preacher who murdered members of his flock after using a master’s in divinity earned at Rochville to get his job and gain the trust of an unsuspecting congregation. The preacher was also convicted of running a Medicare scam.
After the news hit the web about my dog and his online degree in 2009, both I and my dog received death threats. The Diploma Mill Police, the section of our site dedicated to consumer alerts on educational scams, is constantly under attack by degree mills. (And if you think I took those death threats to me or my dog lightly, let me assure you I did not.)
Selling fraudulent degrees has become a fast way for felons and terrorists to acquire millions in ready capital. 
In fact, the worst mass murderer in history, Anders Behring Breivik, who assassinated 77 young campers in Norway, funded his killing spree by operating a fake college credentials business online.
I do not think Indiana University can justify turning a blind eye to a global epidemic of fraud and corruption in an area that is the very bedrock of their publicly-funded mission.

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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.) 

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Don't Be Fooled by Degree Mills

Many maintain impressive-looking websites. 

All of them advertise online under the termsfast degree, life experience degrees, fast online degree, and work experience degree. 
To protect yourself, you need to look behind the curtain. In other words, flip past the flashy graphics on the website and the promises of an instant degree for the name of the school’s accreditation agency. Take the time to verify that any college accreditation agency is recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the U.S. Department of Education.
If you remain suspicious, consult the Get Educated Diploma Mill Police directory for a free accreditation report to evaluate if your chosen college might possibly be a degree mill.
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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.

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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.”