The inquiry into their diploma mill, which operated most often as St . Regis University provides the most up-to-date portrait of how diploma factories can harness the rapidly evolving power of the Internet to expand their reach.
Mr. Smith was moved to begin the program after attending Memorial High's 1992 graduation with other pastors and seeing how few diplomas were granted.
As long as the clinician is credible, don't worry about how many diplomas they have hanging on their wall.
It is difficult to pin down how many diploma mills exist, or how many bogus degrees are bought each year, said George Gollin, a board member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the federal government's recognized authority on accrediting agencies.
Their principal, Nanuli Darsavelidze, said it was difficult to sustain that enthusiasm -- some students drop out after the ninth grade because they do not see how a diploma can give them any prospect beyond selling meat in the local market.
If you have no diploma, how can they offer you a job?" Tarfaoui got her first job at the plant after years of study but says: "If I was a Sahrawi with zero experience I wouldn't be here".
"But when we asked, 'How about a diploma on a PDF?,' they said, 'No.'" As for what the next series of videos may be about, Mr. Short says, "We're always thinking" about ways to "show that paper says it best in certain situations" and "has an important role in our lives".
Instead of telling his children that he is going to jail, Kiriakou and his wife have told them that he is going to Pennsylvania to "teach bad guys how to get their diplomas".
How will burning your diploma help anything?
A J Angulo is the author of Diploma Mills: How For-Profit Colleges Stiffed Students, Taxpayers and the American Dream Join the higher education network for more comment, analysis and job opportunities, direct to your inbox.
