The New Breed of Diploma Mills: Numerous, Tough, and Aggressive.

Spille, Henry A.; Stewart, David W.

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Publication Date: 1985

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The New Breed of Diploma Mills: Numerous, Tough, and Aggressive.

Spille, Henry A.; Stewart, David W.

Educational Record, v66 n2 p16-22 Spr 1985

A diploma mill is described as a person or an organization selling or awarding degrees without an appropriate academic base and without requiring a sufficient degree of postsecondary-level academic achievement. The indirect victim of diploma mill activity may be nontraditional education. (MLW)

Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Educational Quality, Ethics, Fraud, Higher Education, Integrity, Nontraditional Education, Prior Learning, Quality Control, Salesmanship, Standards, Student Costs

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