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Yeah I have heard Harvard of Jamaica University has a impressive CS program

• Mz 9y ago
  From the link someone else posted above: Under the Texas Penal Code, for example, it is illegal to use, or even to just claim to hold, a postsecondary degree you know to be fraudulent, substandard, or fictitious in order to obtain employment. This makes it illegal to either falsely claim you received a degree from an actual, accredited university, or to list a degree from a “diploma mill” (an unaccredited institution that offers “degrees” for a flat fee in a short amount of time with little to no coursework).
  • smilesnd 9y ago
    True dat, but sadly that just tells me there is a state where it will not lead to legal actions against me. Need to read up state law before handing in my resume.
  • trcollinson 9y ago
    IANAL but I do love studying law. I love laws like this! Because they are up for so much interpretation. The law itself states just "substandard" degrees. The legal question then becomes what is "substandard"? The link that talks about this law attempts to interpret substandard for us but as far as I can find, no case law has actually defined substandard because no one has ever allowed a judge to make a ruling on a case based on a supposedly substandard degree. These, we don't actually know whether getting a degree from somewhere like Harvard Of Jamaica University would be fraudulent. Of course, you'd still be fired most likely.
    • Mz 9y ago
      Law is interesting. I have had a couple of (environmental) law classes. The thing is that I don't personally want to be the test case for something like this. I mean, we all need a hobby and all that, but being dragged into court doesn't sound like a ton of fun to me.