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

by John Bear and Allen Ezell

Book Overview

When the first edition of Degree Mills was published, fake universities and counterfeit degrees were already a significant problem. Fueled by the Internet, this scam continues to grow--now more than... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159102238X
• ISBN13: 9781591022381
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book with great info.

I loved this book. I was looking for information about why a medical licensing bill I supported was being hammered by some people who claimed to be doctors. What I found was that they were all graduates of diploma mills who had bought the degree and the BS hook, line and sinker. They honestly thought that a correspondence course made them a doctor. Insane. And kind of sad. This book had great information to find out if someone has a bogus degree, how "accrediting agencies" are set up by the same diploma mills that they claim to accredit, and what can be done about it. It was written by the FBI guys who spent their careers going after these scam artists. There are several chapters of information that is very useful as well as some jolly good stories.

Essential for any HR Director

A very eye opening book on unaccredited universities, how they work, and why the continue to exist (lack of centralized enforcement allows them to avoid regulation, among other things). Every HR director should read this immediately and make sure they have adequate academic screening in place before they become the next company to be embarrased by having an unaccredited degree holder of theirs exposed in the press. Could use an updated version to cover two recent occurences. The Senate hearing in 2004 (Bogus Degrees and Unmet Expectations) that investigated Kennedy-Western University (now Warren National University) and others that either flat out sold "degrees" for cash or waived half of the degree for "life experience" and then required some perfunctory work for the rest. The second is the sentencing of the owners of St. Regis University and the publication of their "degree holders".

Do you know where your doctor, lawyer, or employee has earned his degree?

Do you know where your doctor, lawyer, or employee has earned his degree? If you're not familiar with the school or don't know, you'd better check out the eye-opening Degree Mills: The Billion-Dollars Industry That Has Sold Over A Million Fake Diplomas. With the rise of the Internet has risen over 300 active degree mills selling thousands of fake degrees weekly - including medical and legal degrees. Author Ezell specialized in degree fraud in 35 years of work with the FBI and here provides some invaluable insights for any business manager or professional.