And if we're successful, students leave somewhat different from the way they came. Greene expects most students to keep some of their parents' values and discard and modify other values. The state of Hawaii thought this sounded too good to be true, and sued the university. The school turned out to be nothing more than two men collecting money and sending out diplomas, according to the article. Experts say there are hundreds, if not thousands, of such schools awarding degrees, also according to the article.
Fake diplomas are nothing new to the realm of higher education.
In Renaissance England, counterfeit diplomas from Oxford and Cambridge were in rapid circulation. When the University of Chicago became the first school to offer correspondence courses in the early 1900s, imitations began to appear, giving the courses a bad name, according to the article. Universities that offer degrees via the Internet should first be assessed for regional accreditation, according to C. Warren Vander Hill, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Ball State. It's like anything else, it's caveat emptor , let the buyer beware. Back to Top Newslink is compiled by Christopher Trice, '98, graduate communications assistant for the Alumni Association.