Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f04EdC920076; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:39:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:39:12 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <A1064140F022D3118EBE0008C7919364E7E12F@fegsmail1.fegs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Hacker, Emily" <EHacker@fegs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:1488] BOGUS DEGREES INCREASE ON NET X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Status: O Content-Length: 2551 Lines: 59 Hello List: I thought this might be of interest. You may want to let your students know to be wary of offers of easy degrees over the Internet for cash. Article abstract below reposted with permission of EDUCAUSE... FIRMS SELLING BOGUS DEGREES INCREASE ON NET The number of Internet companies offering fraudulent college degrees is increasing, according to a new report from a private watchdog group. The Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally, to be released in January, will count 481 fraudulent schools, up from 320 in its 1998 survey. Observers say the degree mills, as they are often called, are popular with those who are desperate to add an edge to their resumes. Also, online degree mills often fool those who want a legitimate degree from the growing number of online education programs. The market for such degrees exceeds $200 million each year, estimates John Bear, author of The Bears' Guide. University of North Dakota professor Barry Lumsden, an authority on degree mills, says Internet companies use numerous techniques to lure unsuspecting consumers, such as hosting their sites in the .edu domain and inventing agencies to give accreditation to their schools. Few government officials have taken an interest in the problem, observers say, and those agencies that do face significant obstacles in stopping online degree mills, as many of the mills base their operations in several different countries. (Computer News Daily, 29 December 2000) COPYRIGHT Abstracts copyright (c) 2000, Information Inc., Bethesda, MD Edupage copyright (c) 2000, EDUCAUSE, http://www.educause.edu/ ******************************************************************** Emily Hacker Moderator, NIFL Technology Director of Learning Technologies F.E.G.S (212) 366-8122 ehacker@fegs.org http://www.fegs.org VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT http://www.fegs.org ************************NOTE************************************** The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the addressee(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone (212-366-8400), and discard the original message. Thank you for your cooperation. *******************************************************************
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