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Yeah, it sounds like they were upfront about connecting it to the system in the original competition, but never actually received permission to do so after that
by wccrawford 2y ago
Yeah, it sounds like they were upfront about connecting it to the system in the original competition, but never actually received permission to do so after that. They just assumed they had permission.
The "it can be used to cheat" thing is just dumb and is totally on the university for selecting them in the first place if that was a problem.
- nottorp 2y ago> They just assumed they had permission. Being given money by the system's owner to do it does sound a bit like permission to me...
- exe34 2y agoi imagine that the people giving the money out and the people who then claim not to have given permission might be different persons. still, a lawsuit on that premise will probably result in a nice settlement.
- nottorp 2y agoWe could extrapolate that the diplomas given out by said university have no value because some other department could decide after the fact to cancel them :)
- exe34 2y agothe degrees are conferred by the highest authority at the university, the board of regents/trustees. the only reason they would rescind a degree would be evidence of academic fraud/plagiarism in the course of earning the credits for the degree.
- nottorp 2y agoThat's the theory, yes. But the institution has already shown it can arbitrarily change its mind...