Update: NJ Trying to Stop Bonuses for Diploma Mill Degrees

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Update: NJ Trying to Stop Bonuses for Diploma Mill Degrees

by Jason Morris

It looks like the State of NJ Education Department has been getting a lot of heat since the diploma mill story hit the news!  In an update it appears they will be revising their policies.  Maybe they read all of the stories we have written on Diploma Mills??

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey’s Education Department says it will come up with rules to stop school administrators from getting extra pay after obtaining graduate degrees from so-called “diploma mills.”

Education Commissioner Lucille Davy announced the plans.

It was recently revealed that officials in Freehold, including superintendent H. James Wasser, had degrees from Breyer State University, a unaccredited university.

State Senate President Richard Codey is calling for the state Attorney General to investigate the issue.

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2 Responses to “Update: NJ Trying to Stop Bonuses for Diploma Mill Degrees”

  1. This Week in Background Checks: Week of 8/18/2008 Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 10:31 am

    [...] New Jersey Shifts Gears on Diploma Mills- I guess they decided that looking the other way was a bad idea. [...]

  2. Diploma Mills and Online Degrees Busted Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    [...] appears the state of Alabama is learning its lesson from recent stories in New Jersey.  Last week we reported New Jersey educators benefiting from fake or online degrees. [...]

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