At least 28 high-level federal officials, including nuclear regulators, have, in the words of the
Washington Post, "bogus degrees" from "diploma mills." And, of course, they went to class (well, didn't go to class, actually) on my dime. Here are many, many more
articles on the topic, and an
Ask Slashdot. I, for one, hope this will blow up into a huge scandal that leads to massive reform, but I don't think there's much chance of that.
In the meantime, perhaps you'd be interested in getting a phony degree of your own. Here are a few places to start:
Pacific Western University
Barrington University
Lacrosse University
California Coast University
Columbia Pacific University (
shut down in 2001)
Chadwick University
Kennedy-Western University
LaSalle University (not to be confused with the one in
Philly, a legitimate institution)
Ooh, and check out
passcollege.com. Wow.