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Diploma mills in the United States (also known as a degree mill) are organizations that award academic degrees and diplomas with substandard or no academic study and without academic approval by officially recognized educational accrediting bodies or qualified government agencies. The purchaser can then claim to hold an academic degree, and the ...
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A diploma mill or degree mill is a business that sells illegitimate diplomas or academic degrees. [1][2] The term diploma mill is also used pejoratively to describe any educational institution with low standards for admission and graduation, low career placement rate, or low average starting salaries of its graduates.
A notable example of this last type is UNESCO, which does not have authority to recognize or accredit higher education institutions or agencies. [7] Nonetheless, because diploma mills have claimed false UNESCO accreditation, UNESCO itself has published warnings against education organizations that claim UNESCO recognition or affiliation. [7] [11
Operation Dipscam was a series of separate investigations [1] conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), [2] the General Accountability Office, [3] the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and other United States agencies from 1980 to 1991. It led to more than 20 convictions [1] and the closing of 39 diploma mills.
Almeda University. Almeda University was an unaccredited [1] for-profit online university registered on the Caribbean island of Nevis. It offered illegitimate degrees including online certificate programs, general "Life Experience Degrees", and doctorates in religion and theology. Almeda was accredited by the Council for Distance Education ...
e. Higher education accreditation in the United States is a peer review process by which the validity of degrees and credits awarded by higher education institutions is assured. It is coordinated by accreditation commissions made up of member institutions. It was first undertaken in the late 19th century by cooperating educational institutions ...
Rochville University was an online diploma mill offering a "Life Experience Degree, and Certificate Program" without coursework or prior transcript evaluation. The State of Texas classified it as an "illegal supplier of educational credentials" [1] whose degrees may not be used in Texas. [2] The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization lists it as ...