Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Sunday, November 23, 2003
Sixteen Red Flags for Recognizing a Bogus Online School - David W. Butler, About.com

Here's how you can tell the difference between legitimate online universities and diploma mills. Watch out for these red flags:
The name of the school is similar to a well-known, reputable university. For instance, Columbia State University, Clermont College or Harvard. Is the Web site comprehensive or is the site merely an online brochure? Does the Web site display a photograph of a sample diploma? This must work as many phony schools do this....

 



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