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Thursday, May 22, 2003
Online Universities Promising "Accredited" Degrees & Diplomas - Glen Meek, KVBC
Bogus diplomas available on the Internet. Last year Investigator Glen Meek exposed people with degrees from phony schools -- getting jobs they didn't qualify for. Glen's been digging deeper into services that try to make those diploma mills look legit. They're not approved by the Department of Education. But these questionable accreditation services can make a mail-order diploma sound like a sheepskin from Harvard. And two of the more notorious services list Nevada as their home address.you can get your degree online -- but can you be sure the diploma is worth the paper it's printed on? Experts say you should make sure any cyber college is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Department of Education.
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