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Should I Tell Employers I Earned My Degree Online?
Diploma Mill Police  >  Online Degrees - Credibility & Employer Perception
By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst  |  January 28, 2010   
 
Job InterviewQuestion:

I’m worried about employer acceptance of my online degree. I just completed my bachelors online and am ready to send out my resume. Should I use my cover letter to reveal to potential employers that I earned my degree online?

—Holly, Nashville, TN

Answer:

These days, taking college or post-secondary courses online is not an oddity. In 2010, more than 85 percent of traditional residential colleges will offer college courses online or through distance learning.  

Online education is no longer the future. It’s right now.

As a result, there is no need to reveal in a cover letter or resume that you “earned your degree online.”  Details about why you chose any particular type of school—such as a private school versus a public school or a Christian college versus a secular college—are best left to discussion during an actual interview. 

Learn which online schools MAY carry stigmas and how to discuss your online degree with a prospective employer
 
LinkedIn - Thousands of Professionals Boast Fake Education on Resumes
Diploma Mill Police  >  Online Degrees - Credibility & Employer Perception
By GetEducated Consumer Reporting Team  |  November 17, 2009   
 
Rochville University, an online school lacking proper accreditation, awarded an MBA to a dog (GetEducated's pug mascot, Chester Ludlow) for $499.

Yet Rochville diplomas continue to be touted by hundreds of professionals on the resumes they post to LinkedIn, a popular online networking site.
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Besides Rochville, many other schools lacking proper accreditation are listed by LinkedIn users on their public resumes—thousands of professionals claiming fraudulent degrees. 

Read more about LinkedIn professionals using questionable online degrees
 
Jamaican Professor Inspired to Investigate Online Diploma Mills by Dog That Earned MBA
Diploma Mill Police  >  Online Degrees - Credibility & Employer Perception
 
Carolyn Cooper once toyed with the idea of getting an MBA, but instead became a professor of literary and cultural studies at the Carolyn CooperUniversity of the West Indies.

When Cooper learned about Chester Ludlow—GetEducated's pug dog mascot—being awarded an online MBA from Rochville University, she again considered netting herself an advanced business degree.

"To think that a dog had more ambition than me!" Cooper wrote in a recent column in the Jamaica Gleaner. "I decided to apply to Rochville for a PhD in chemistry. Why chemistry? Why not? I have good chemistry."

Cooper manufactured the following chemistry "experience" on her application to Rochville: being "good at chemistry in high school" and working for 20 years at a Jamaican producer of household chemicals.

Within 15 minutes of emailing her application to Rochville, says Cooper, a representative from the school called her to find out if she had a bachelor's or master's in chemistry.
Learn more about Carolyn Cooper's quest for an online PhD from Rochville University
 
Fake Internet Colleges and False Credentialing: A Worldwide Epidemic
Diploma Mill Police  >  Online Degrees - Credibility & Employer Perception
By GetEducated Consumer Reporting Team  |  October 12, 2009   
 
Diploma mills and other forms of online education fraud aren't just a problem within the United States. Diploma Mill Police

As Judith Eaton, director of the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), states:

"Degree mills and false credentialing are a serious problem worldwide, harming students, society and legitimate higher education."

Internet diploma mills also represent a growing global problem, one that is being emboldened by several factors. 
Learn more about worldwide epidemic of online diploma and degree mills
 
Degrees of Shame: Top Ten Online College Diploma Mill Cases
Diploma Mill Police  >  Online Degrees - Credibility & Employer Perception
By GetEducated Consumer Reporting Team  |  September 20, 2009   
 
Over the past decade, thousands of people in the U.S. and around the world have bought fake online college degrees. The lure: earn your degree—fast and cheap. No tests required! The only graduation requirement: a valid credit card.
Read the top 10 online college diploma mill abuses
 
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