Uhhhh.....that's "lose".
Just think, most of these folks with so-called advanced degrees probably voted for John Kerry. Betcha they did.
So, this is what happens, in the great socialist northwest, when voters "invest" in education?
Gee, what a deal for the students. What a deal for the taxpayers.
Mama mia, atsa biga mess.
bogus degrees bump
Uh Oh. You mean my doctorate from McDonald's Hamburger University isn't real?!?!?! I've been duped!
And let me add that people who claim degrees from real institutions are easy to verify. Bear that in mind next time you're hiring someone.
Call the Registrar's Office of the school in question. Ask them to verify whether the person has a degree. They won't share anything private-grades, etc- but they'll verify degree and year awarded. They have as much interest in ferreting out people claiming fraudulent degrees from them as you do.
Isn't that redundant?
Hiring process? But then again, why bother? It's only tax payer money. There's plenty more where that came from. Just another example of mid-level gov't employees making room at the sow for other suckers.
We need to fire the crooks, but I guess public officials (like Sandy Berger) are all above the law now, so long as they don't tread on the turf of the criminals above them.
No criminal charges for defrauding the state...If I get caught hunting or fishing with a fake license what happens?
How about law suits from all the students whose education from a fake is also fake
Paging Johnnie Edwards....
Kerry voters all.
"First, God created idiots. That was just for practice. Then He created school boards."
--Mark Twain
Worked years at a Washington School district personnel office. Not once did we check credentials. This report is not a surprise to me at all. In fact, they should dig further.
Any of those phony paper mills are indeed some of the biggest scams around, kind of like those "name a star for someone" scams too.
Unfortunately, in some places, Republicans are among those diminishing the quality of teacher qualifications by just requiring passing a simple test to qualify as a teacher. In other places, the government is funding institutions that do not require hardly any qualifications at all to be a teacher. Both of these practices and those mentioned in the article should be discontinued.