Monday, March 31, 2008

A Degree from Yale

Until very recently you could claim you had a degree from Yale and they'd verify the documents if they looked nice.
Lawsuit accuses Yale of false statements
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Writer | AP
Mar 27, 2008

A prestigious South Korean university that came under fire for hiring a professor who lied about her credentials is suing Yale, saying the American university wrongly confirmed the woman earned a degree.

Dongguk University is seeking at least $50 million in damages, saying Yale's actions "severely tarnished" its stellar reputation, sparked a criminal probe, cost employees their jobs and led to a decline in donations, government grants and student applications.

What are the odds that there are more false Yale degrees out there that Yale has actually verified?
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4 comments:

  1. SnagMarch 31, 2008 at 9:31 PM

    Criminy, the president has a degree from there. How prestigious can it be?

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  2. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©April 2, 2008 at 10:28 AM

    Hey!

    I got's a degree from Yale!

    (Not that I know where it is, but I got it, dammit...in spite of skipping all those classes!)

    As for the First AWOL Cokehead/torturer-in-thief, I blame Connecticut.
    ~

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  3. M. BouffantFebruary 17, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    I heard a ninny on sports-squawk radio yesterday claim that getting in is the hard part, & that Stanford & Harvard aren't that difficult once you're accepted. "Proved" by a claim that at Stanford, at least, you can drop a class up to the day of the final.

    Interesting, esp. if true.

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  4. M. BouffantFebruary 17, 2012 at 1:16 PM

    TIME WARP!!!!

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