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Port Authority Manager’s Degrees Draw Scrutiny

Port Authority Manager’s Degrees Draw Scrutiny

diplomafraud August 30, 2012 0

A top manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is suspended with pay while officials examine his college degrees

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Two Oklahoma candidates for state Senate District 17 defend their education

Two Oklahoma candidates for state Senate District 17 defend their education

diplomafraud August 28, 2012 0

One candidate for state Senate District 17 earned a doctorate from a now defunct “diploma mill” and the other earned an undergraduate degree from an unaccredited Baptist university in Indiana. Both candidates said they

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Diploma Mills Shortchange Everyone

Diploma Mills Shortchange Everyone

diplomafraud August 27, 2012 0

Diploma mills sell counterfeit degrees from real, accredited colleges. Degree mills are similar, but they sell degrees from institutions that don't even exist. The terms are often used interchangeably, but the bottom line is

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Teacher gets 3 yrs in jail for using fake degree

Teacher gets 3 yrs in jail for using fake degree

diplomafraud August 27, 2012 0

A court here jailed a man for three years on Saturday for getting the job of a schoolteacher on the basis of a fake BEd degree. Bagjit Singh, a resident of Sandhwan village

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Baton Rouge man booked after faking college degree

Baton Rouge man booked after faking college degree

diplomafraud August 24, 2012 0

State officials say they have arrested a Baton Rouge man accused of faking his college credentials so he could apply for a job as director of an adult day care facility. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell

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FAKE DEGREE: A stain on education sector

FAKE DEGREE: A stain on education sector

diplomafraud August 23, 2012 0

I REFER to the recent reports on police questioning 40 individuals over bogus degrees and certificates bought through a company in Klang Valley. What is worst is that more than 500 high-profile individuals are

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Former QAU senior teacher given clean chit

Former QAU senior teacher given clean chit

diplomafraud August 23, 2012 0

The inquiry committee of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has in principle given a clean chit to former head of Defense and Strategic Studies Department in a probe into allegations about fake PhD degree, the sources

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PAC takes notice of ghost schools, fake degrees of PIA pilots

PAC takes notice of ghost schools, fake degrees of PIA pilots

diplomafraud August 17, 2012 0

PAC has taken notice of media reports about ghost schools and PIA pilots having fake degrees. According to media reports, about 8,000 schools are located in Islamabad and its suburbs.

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