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Is it really possible for a regular citizen to check with a university to find out what degree(s) someone has been awarded, or even their attendence record? Is
by brown9-2 17y ago
Is it really possible for a regular citizen to check with a university to find out what degree(s) someone has been awarded, or even their attendence record?
Is this something a registrar will divulge to just anyone? Or do the screenshots of the University of Maryland's registration application imply that someone on the inside checked into this for Dvorak?
- RK 17y agoUsually it's very difficult to get a university to confirm if someone is a current student (of course it's often easy to just look in the online directory). For graduation lists, usually the student has to explicitly opt out of having their name included.
- xlamnfoqp 17y agoanyone can check degrees with just a phone call, try it out right now
- dschobel 17y agoUniversities publish degree announcements by the tens of thousands for commencement and often on their websites so I don't think it's a closely-held secret.
- tokenadult 17y agoYes, universities make this information easy to check, because not exposing liars about degrees damages the value of each degree.
- patio11 17y agoThe National Student Clearinghouse collects this information and makes it available to anyone with a credit card about about $5 ~ $8 to spend. http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/secure_area/DegreeVerify/dv_ParticipatingSchools.asp http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/secure_area/DegreeVerify...
- eli 17y agoBut something tells me that if their search doesn't turn up a degree, that isn't proof that you didn't get one.