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This sounds like a problem with how contracts are written. They should be requiring that any degrees cited to fill contract qualification requirements come fro
by pmorici 11y ago
This sounds like a problem with how contracts are written. They should be requiring that any degrees cited to fill contract qualification requirements come from an accredited university. That would at least take care of the worst cases. Some accredited schools with well known and prestigious names also operate diploma mills because they know large companies will pay for students to get advanced degrees.
In the wider sense I don't think this is a problem just in government though. Dubious and outright false credentials are a problem in industry too (ie: An HP CEO had to resign after it was found his advanced degree was fabricated.)
The bigger question maybe that if the person can perform at a certain level does it really matter what degree they have? At the same time dishonesty shouldn't be allowed just because the current system isn't ideal.
- patorjk 11y agoSometimes the big name schools have an accredited ungraduate program, but an unaccredited masters/phd program.
- mcguire 11y agoI cannot find any information about accreditation at UT Austin (other than [1], which is out of date). I once had a discussion with someone from the academic staff of the CS department (name redacted to protect the guilty), which I may have misunderstood or be misremembering, but included a statement to the effect of, "we aren't accredited by anyone; they're all following us." (They did have an external visiting committee who reviewed and made comments on the curriculum.) [1] https://cns.utexas.edu/undergraduate-education/academic-records/sacs-accreditation https://cns.utexas.edu/undergraduate-education/academic-reco...