http://www.apostolicnews.org/2010/07/diploma-mills-grant-a-cat-an-mba/ Get the Latest News with the Apostolic Perspective Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.apostolicnews.org/2010/07/diploma-mills-grant-a-cat-an-mba/comment-page-1/#comment-3079 Sarah Studies Online Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:02:13 +0000 http://www.apostolicnews.org/?p=2682#comment-3079 This is so wild -- a cat with an MBA! Hard to believe the industry makes as much as it does every year. Real students looking for legitimate prospective online colleges need to watch out for degrees that exchange real life experience for a degree. The example you cited of the medical professional responsible for killing a girl with diabetes shows exactly why these fake degrees are so harmful not only to the economy but to the general public as well. It's like "Catch Me If You Can" -- faking your way through a career. On my blog, there are some great suggestions of how to <a href="http://blog.mycollegesandcareers.com/2010/08/online-degrees-avoid-being-scammed-by-diploma-mills/" title="Avoid Being Scammed by Diploma Mills" rel="nofollow">avoid being scammed by a diploma mill</a>. This is so wild — a cat with an MBA! Hard to believe the industry makes as much as it does every year. Real students looking for legitimate prospective online colleges need to watch out for degrees that exchange real life experience for a degree. The example you cited of the medical professional responsible for killing a girl with diabetes shows exactly why these fake degrees are so harmful not only to the economy but to the general public as well. It’s like “Catch Me If You Can” — faking your way through a career. On my blog, there are some great suggestions of how to avoid being scammed by a diploma mill.

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