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Friday, November 01, 2002
http://www.adn.com/24hour/nation/story/600189p-4642228c.html Diploma surfing: phony degrees from non-existent colleges DAVID COLKER, Los Angeles Times A licensed architect since 1986, Stephen Corbin always wanted a college degree, saying the lack of a diploma to hang on his wall left him with "an empty feeling." Between running his own company - which specializes in public school projects - and raising a family, the Bakersfield resident never had time to polish off his course work. Instead he called a telephone number at the bottom of an e-mail advertisement offering degrees from a European university based on "life experience." But the University of San Moritz, which granted him a bachelor's degree in architecture and a master's degree in business administration, is one of numerous names used by a worldwide Internet diploma mill that sells phony diplomas, trumped-up transcripts and ersatz honors such as summa cum laude....
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