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Wednesday, August 04, 2004
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UD TAMPERS WITH THE OFFICIAL SONG OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
SANCTUARY; OR, GO TO MISSISSIPPI (‘Since 2001, when [Louisiana] cracked down on unaccredited mail-order diploma mills, several distance-learning institutions jumped the border and set up shop with a Mississippi address. …Lacrosse, Columbus and American World universities …, all of which were once based in Louisiana, now have their headquarters between Picayune and Pascagoula. …Also unclear is how serious Mississippi is about overseeing the operations in the shadowy but lucrative niche of the education market…. The sudden eruption of diploma mills in Mississippi reprises Louisiana’s experience, which in turn echoed what California had been through…By 2002, only seven such universities were left in Louisiana, five of which were denied a license by the state. The Mississippi exodus had begun. … “When we saw Lacrosse had relocated there we called [Mississippi officials], and there didn’t seem to be a whole lot of concern,” [said one Louisiana official]. … ) States may sing their songs of praise With waving flags and hip-hoo-rays, Let others boast of high degree: They ain’t seen diplomas like Mississippi’s! Go to Mississippi, land of the bogus, Go to Mississippi, land of the rogues. Other states shut down their mills, But Mississippi’s got land to till! Go to Mississippi - the exodus has begun; Go to Mississippi- fuck accreditation. Call yourself the School of God, Establish any sort of fraud: This is the place you wanna be! The fine old sod of Mississippi. |