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Honorary Degrees and Diploma Mills
I have some questions after seeing the stir on another thread.
I suspect I am not the only one with these questions. Perhaps because I have no college degrees at all, and no experience in earning the same, I feel at liberty to pick the minds of others on this.
1. What constitutes a "Degree Mill/Diploma Mill"?
Wikipedia is vague on this I think. To say an organization with "substandard or no academic study and without recognition by official educational accrediting bodies" really does not satisfy the question for me.
2. Do you agree with this distiction?
* A degree mill provides a "real" degree from a fake college.
* A diploma mill provides a fake degree from a real college.
3. Does an "Honorary Degree" always imply something "not earned"? Are there legitimate "Honorary Degrees" issued by legitimate colleges and universities, or are these all to be considered "worthless paper"?
4. Would you ever accept an Honorary Degree based on your life's work or studies etc?
I recall attending a seminar where the wife of a former GS spoke of getting a degree which was at least partially based on her lifes work and completed literary skills. Does that mean it's pretty much "unearned"? Bogus?
By the Wikipedia definition Gateway or even UGST may be a degree or diploma mill...
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