CHICAGO – Graduation is an important moment for many Americans. More than just pomp and circumstance, the ceremonies mark when students are handed the most coveted testimonial in academic life: A ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Department of Health has charged three health care providers with unprofessional conduct for using bogus degrees from diploma mills in their practice. Michael Strub, a licensed ...

It’s a billion-dollar industry, people getting degrees by simply buying them online. The fake degree scheme has been around for decades, even tracing back to Greenville County in the 1980’s. Retired ...

It is one of those classic student difficulties that fails to have an easy answer. Some believe that a degree is the key to a successful professional career, while others may believe that educational ...

There’s an old, but now fast growing degree mill industry doing an estimated $7 billion a year worldwide in fraudulent diplomas and transcripts. A loved one is in the hospital or a nursing home. How ...

With little more than a network of Web sites, telephones and bank accounts, a group of eight people ran a million-dollar diploma business that churned out thousands of bogus degrees, according to a ...

It’s surprising how many house pets hold advanced degrees. Last year, a dog received his M.B.A. from the American University of London, a non-accredited distance-learning institution. It feels as if I ...