Friday 2 December 2011

Diploma mill degrees accredited by accreditation mills

There are some fools who still claim that the university from where they bought
fake pedigree papers is accredited by an accreditation body such as "Accrediting
Commission International (ACI)".

The first question to be asked is whether "The accreditation is from another mill"?
Not all degrees from unaccredited programs are diploma mills and there are real
universities which run accredited bachelor degree programs also run unaccredited
professional degree programs. But here we are not talking about those lesser than
gold standard degrees but we are talking about real phony degrees, degrees from
lowest of the lowlife criminal con-men and fools who paid thousands of dollars to
fool others thinking that all of their countrymen can be fooled. I set up this weblog
to expose such Burmese and Foreign nationals who try to con us, Burmese people.
See below reproduced Fact Sheet for definitions of diploma mills and accreditation
mills.

'DIPLOMA MILLS
If the answers to many of these questions are “yes,” the operation under consideration
may be a “mill”:
• Can degrees be purchased?
• Is there a claim of accreditation when there is no evidence of this status?
• Is there a claim of accreditation from a questionable accrediting organization?
• Does the operation lack state or federal licensure or authority to operate?
• Is little if any attendance required of students?
• Are few assignments required for students to earn credits?
• Is a very short period of time required to earn a degree?
• Are degrees available based solely on experience or resume review?
• Are there few requirements for graduation?
• Does the operation charge very high fees as compared with average fees charged by
higher education institutions?
• Alternatively, is the fee so low that it does not appear to be related to the cost of
providing legitimate education?
• Does the operation fail to provide any information about a campus or business location
or address and relies, e.g., only on a post office box?
• Does the operation fail to provide a list of its faculty and their qualifications?
• Does the operation have a name similar to other well-known colleges and universities?
• Does the operation make claims in its publications for which there is no evidence?
ACCREDITATION MILLS
If the answers to many of these questions are “yes,” the operation under consideration may
be a “mill”:
• Does the operation allow accredited status to be purchased?
• Does the operation publish lists of institutions or programs they claim to have accredited
without institutions and programs knowing that they are listed or have been accredited?
• Are high fees for accreditation required as compared to average fees from accrediting
organizations?
• Does the operation claim that it is recognized (by, e.g., USDE or CHEA) when it is not?
• Are few if any standards for quality published by the operation?
• Is a very short period of time required to achieve accredited status?
• Are accreditation reviews routinely confined to submitting documents and do not include
site visits or interviews of key personnel by the accrediting organization?
• Is “permanent” accreditation granted without any requirement for subsequent periodic
review?
• Does the operation use organizational names similar to recognized accrediting
organizations?
• Does the operation make claims in its publications for which there is no evidence?'

Reference:
Important Questions about “Diploma Mills” and “Accreditation Mills”
May 2003
http://www.chea.org/pdf/fact_sheet_6_diploma_mills.pdf

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