'Masters Degrees' - and the like....?

I keep getting offers of they Degrees or Certificates via my email address/s. Has anyone ever had anything to do with them, and what's been your experience and any outcome?

Public Comments

  1. They are a scam. A degree shows prospective employers that you actually studied something and learned something. To buy a "degree certificate" is not only a waste of money, its an insult to those of us that actually went out and earned a degree. On a side note, a woman working in the mayor's office a few years back was found to have "bought" her degree from some weird place like "The School of Herbology" and it created a huge embarrassing scandal for her and for the guy who hired her into the position. (Turned out he was sleeping with her to begin with). If you want a degree, earn one don't buy one!
  2. No regionally accredited institution of higher education will solicit you via e-mail. It would be a waste of time and money to enroll for a degree offered this way. If you are, even so, contemplating getting a degree from such a place, ask what accreditation they have. They may say they are "accredited" but this accreditation is likely given by a confederate who has set himself up as an "accrediting body." True accreditation is offered by a regional accrediting body. In the South, it is SACS, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. If you are in doubt about any college, call your local state college and find out if they will accept transfer credits from the college in question.
  3. They have a website and a printer. That's it. The "degrees" are worth nothing.
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