Degree Mills: The Billion-Dollar Industry That Has Sold Over a Million Fake Diplomas

Abstract

Need a degree from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, or MIT! No problem. Send us a check! Do you know where your doctor, lawyer, or clergyman earned his or her degree? In 1986, a congressional committee report concluded that: more than 500,000 working Americans have a fraudulent degree. The media hardly noticed. The public yawned. The academic world buried its head in the sand. And things have gotten much, much worse since then. Allen Ezell, who specialized in degree fraud during his 35 years with the FBI, and John Bear, prolific author and expert witness on the subject in federal and state courts, reveal the shocking dimensions of this growing scam in this thoroughly researched expose. They show how degree mills operate, offer detailed warning signs that a school might be fake, tell how to check up on anyone's degree, and what to do when a fake degree is discovered. Also provided are information and links to useful lists of bad and fake schools. This is an invaluable reference book for personnel departments in business and academia, as well as for the average consumer.

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