Friday, November 30, 2007

The Diploma Mill

I got this e mail recently and the fact of the matter is it's a diploma mill and the mill industry is now estimated to be about 8 billion dollars per year. A diploma mill usually grants a degree for life experience and little real academic work. These schools are usually unaccredited and most people know they are a sham and use them for the purpose stated in the e-mail, but some people really don't know. Often the sales person from the diploma mill will make their particular program sound exclusive, but if you act now they just may be able to squeeze you into this special program.

Hiring managers should really check a candidates academic credentials thoroughly because these diploma mills now offer degrees, transcripts and various types of verification services to help dupe a prospective employer. Diploma mill operators are getting more and more sophisticated and there are numerous cases on record where someone with a legit degree was not hired or promoted in favor of someone with a diploma mill degree.

As a rule a creditable school will grant some academic credit for experience towards a degree, but will not grant the whole degree or the majority of the degree based on life experience. Many of these diploma mills operate overseas in countries like Liberia, Nigeria and in the Bahamas. Any school based overseas should receive extra scrutiny from a perspective student.

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