Lex Jenkins wrote:
>
> There are some fully accredited colleges and university that can assist
> folks in completing unfinished degrees under a "life experience" or
> multidisciplinary type of program. Fortunately I live near universities
> which offer such programs. Between my nearly 100 hours of journalism
> related studies and several hundred hours of documented continuing education
> studies related to occupational safety and health (not to mention
> photography and graphic arts studies, tho' I just did anyway), there's
> probably some kinda oddball degree buried in my skull.
>
> Can anyone recommend a surgeon to ferret out a degree that won't require me
> to sit in a classroom? I actually have nightmares about being in school
> again. Arghhh!
>
> But as John warns, I know of at least a couple of former journalists who
> lost their jobs because they lied about academic experience on their
> resumes. Personally I believe the last thing a journalist needs is a degree
> in anything except history. Studying journalism for more than a semester or
> two is like an artist majoring in paintbrushes.
One of Canada's lighter weight universities is said to offer an
undergraduate degree in journalism! Hey, but then a university in New
Mexico has an undergrad degree in golf course management ...
> Lex
> ===
A year or so ago one of Canada's national papers carried a very long
article about the then recently hired head of pediatric surgery at a
Canadian university. His resume was said to be over 30 pages long, he
was in his mid 30s and the resume had a long string of medical
qualifications and a lengthy battery of hands on experiences. He was
exposed after his operating room nurses finally blew the whistle on his
average of one death in every two or three surgeries. According to the
paper, the university / hospital was so enthralled with his resume that
they never checked his references. Seems that his experience was largely
limited to research work and minor assistance work here and there!
jh
>
> >From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Count Spamula bites again
> >Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:06:33 +0000
> >
> >At 15:46 8/12/00 , John Hudson wrote:
> > >Got one recently from the "U of M" in dialing area 305 [wherever that
> > >is] offering MBAs and PhD's by return mail and little money ......with
> > >maximum credits for life experience, no courses and no residency.
> >
> >I've gotten something like this one before; it was from a place in Texas.
> >Sent it to the appropriate agency in Texas which started investigating the
> >scam. FWIW personnel departments smell these things a mile away. If it's
> >not from an accredited university, it's not even worth the ink used to
> >print it!
> >
> >Worse yet are the claims of degrees never awarded. A friend saw his boss
> >bite the dust doing just that. He had worked there for at least a year.
> >When the company got suspicious and discovered he didn't have that MBA from
> >Stanford (nor had he ever gone to school there), they immediately locked
> >his office and he was out the door in less than an hour. It's truly
> >amazing what is claimed by some applicants on their resumes and even more
> >amazing is the look of surprise when they get nailed for it (doesn't
> >*everyone* do this? NOPE).
> >
> >-- John
> >
>
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