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“The Knox County Trustee’s office is coming under more fire. Last month, 10News told you that Trustee John Duncan was caught giving out bonuses to himself and five other employees for finishing the County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS) program when they had not completed it. 10News has learned that some of those employees may not have taken tests for the course themselves. County Commissioner R. Larry Smith tells 10News he has notified the District Attorney General’s office that a Trustee employee may have taken a CTAS test for other employees enrolled in the program.”

UD never tires of touting the advantages of online education — the most amazing of which is that no one can ever know whether you, or someone smarter than you, took your online course or exam.

Online gets even prettier with financial incentives. The Tennessee county employees featured in this post’s headline were offered $6,000 if they finished a University of Tennessee continuing education course. They’re charged with pocketing the money and getting someone else to do the course.

Margaret Soltan, January 22, 2012 6:26AM
Posted in: technolust

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  1. david foster Says:
    January 22nd, 2012 at 8:11AM

    In addition to the cheating issue…what exactly is a CTAS program and why would the operations of this county benefit from various officials and bureaucrats having taken it, if they really had?

    How many “continuing education” requirements/incentives really accomplish anything other than putting money into the pockets of the recipients and providing a revenue stream for some of the less-intellectual departments of various universities?

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