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How Prevalent are Bogus Degrees?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-BS-from-Phony-U dept.

Paul Townend asks: "The BBC are reporting that a US government investigation has found that 28 top federal employees possess bogus college degrees (usually based on 'life experience'), and the phenomenon may be much bigger. Have Slashdot readers come across or worked with people with such degrees? Does it give them an advantage? What happens when they're discovered?"

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  1. Re:I'm unimpressed by michaelggreer · · Score: 4, Informative
    From the CBS story:

    "Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles Abell has a master's from Columbus University, a diploma mill Louisiana shut down. Deputy Assistant Secretary Patricia Walker lists among her degrees, a bachelor's from Pacific Western, a diploma mill banned in Oregon and under investigation in Hawaii"

    These two, at least, are indeed just below cabinet level