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Sunday, October 03, 2004

THE DIPLOMA MILL CHRONICLES


As with those spare eloquent medieval chronicles -

1406 - poor harvest
1409 - plague
1441 - the rain it raineth

- so, centuries from now, historians will find enigmatic and poignant our twenty-first century diploma mill chronicles. Here's an example, the first taken from a 2003-2004 University of California, Irvine, directory of faculty, and the second from a 2004-2005:

John G. Stupar, Ph.D. University of Devonshire, Lecturer in Engineering

John G. Stupar, E.M.B.A., Claremont Graduate University, Lecturer in Engineering
Posted at: 10/03/2004 10:49:00 AM