New Jersey school administrators could be required to meet strict conditions to receive taxpayer-paid tuition assistance or additional pay for advanced degrees under the terms of a bill being considered today by the Assembly Education Committee.
Is graduating from an actual university a strict condition?
The legislation, sponsored by Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, stems from an episode at the Freehold Regional High School District where three administrators used $8,700 in taxpayer funds to pay for doctoral “degrees” from Breyer State University – an unaccredited online diploma mill. Before the bogus nature of the degrees was uncovered, the district provided each with a $2,500 salary increase, which was commensurate to their being awarded actual doctoral degrees…
January 5th, 2010 at 9:04AM
“Strict” means exact or inflexible, not necessarily severe or narrow. A requirement of a degree from an accredited university is certainly strict compared to acceptance of any so-called degree. I’d say this is proper usage.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:20AM
I guess you’re right, Mr Punch.