NY fire fighters' promotions KO'd
by distance learning fake degrees
A group of 14 officers in the
New York City Fire Department are in hot water, after an investigation
showed that they used distance learning fake degrees to get promotions.
The NYFD officers apparently
paid a few hundred dollars each for their degrees, which came from a
bogus institution called St. Regis University, allegedly operating out
of the Republic of Liberia. The New York Daily News
reported that one officer defended his right to earn a “life
experience degree” in business by having regular
conversations with a neighbor who is a lawyer.
St. Regis is an online diploma mill which essentially requires no course work. The New York Times
reported that there is considerable resistance to the importance of
education inside the fire department, particularly among older officers
who joined when only a high school diploma was required for employment.
As an illustration of the long
term dangers of submitting distance learning fake degrees, however,
several of the NYFD officers now find themselves defending previous
promotions they got as a result of submitting bogus "life experience"
degrees as far back as 2002.
Read more on
fake diploma mills, and find out which life experience degrees are
actually legitimate, and respected by employers.
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