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Reminds me of the MIT dean that lied about her credentials and kept her job for years.

• hilux 3y ago
  Marilee Jones, MIT Dean of Admissions, worked there for years before she was found out. When her lack of any(!) degree was uncovered, she had to resign.
  • givemeethekeys 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilee_Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilee_Jones 19 years at the helm. She worked hard to keep a system that works hard to keep people like her out. She's a hypocrite and they would have looked like hypocrites too, had they let her keep her job. We should celebrate Marilee Jones every year - perhaps on the first day of school in homage to anyone who has truly faked it till they made it!
    • hilux 3y ago
      IIRC she was credited with making MIT a more diverse place; she really was good at her job. BUT ... I've worked for a couple of major universities (not MIT, but similar), and you would not believe what degree snobs they are. Ideally, even staff should have a "terminal" degree from as famous a school as possible. The whole image is part of what they're selling.
  • avar 3y ago
    > When her lack of any(!) degree > was uncovered, she had to > resign. Maybe you should fire someone with a history of flagrantly lying, but shouldn't that make MIT consider dropping its degree requirement for that job? Clearly it's not necessary.
    • hilux 3y ago
      Universities - I worked for two big ones - are in the business of selling degrees. The importance of a degree(s) is a religion at most universities. I agree with you that it's not necessary. And I don't expect their religion to change.