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- Bogus Degrees
By Shaan
Randow
There will always be con artists, people trying
to make a buck on the shady side of the street. They prey on the
unsuspecting and the ill-informed. Every year thousands of Americans
are hoodwinked by direct mail scams that offer them great prizes and
vacations. Some of these victims, many of them elderly or senior
citizens invest their hard earned savings with unscrupulous crooks
who fleece them of their money through promises of exorbitant
returns. The bottom line in business is to know who you are dealing
with and check them out if things they say or do raise concern.
Unfortunately these scammers have found the Internet to be a
great and anonymous way to select new victims. One way they do this
is by creating fake universities and colleges that grant bogus
degrees.
A bogus online degree is one that will be worthless
to you in the future and will not be accepted as proof of your
credentials by any other institution or employer.
Some
experts say that there are at least thirty “universities” offering
bogus online degree programs and they are willing to sell you a
degree, even if you never plan to attend classes. Be forewarned, a
degree without the proper accreditation is only worth the piece of
paper that it is written on and no one will give you any of the
respect and rewards that you think you may deserve with a bogus
degree.
The process of accreditation is supervised by a set
of regional accreditation agencies across the United States. They
examine all aspects of the online degree program to ensure that it
meets or exceeds nationally established standards. They look at the
curriculum, the instructors, the course material and the quality
control processes that the institution has in place before they
agree to accredit the program. This ensures that an online degree
granted by one institution is as least as good as all of the rest
and it protects students, the school and prospective employees from
embarrassment or disappointment later.
There are over 750
online degree programs that are accredited and open to the public
across the United States. Some are very small and highly
specialized; others are the giants of the university world and offer
online degree programs in every program that you can imagine.
If you are going to the trouble of getting your online
college degree, make sure that you avoid the bogus scam artists.
Look for the accreditation seal of approval so that you will reap
the rewards of your studies.
This article courtesy
of http://www.degrees-online.net
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