Kitty Cat Earns Life Experience Online Degree, With Honors

Colby Nolan, a black cat, brought new meaning to the term "educational pedigree" when, in 2004, he “earned” an MBA online from Trinity Southern University of Plano, Texas. Trinity awarded the cat a work experience online degree.

The feline and online graduate student was graduated with honors with a 3.5 GPA (that's a B-plus average) after Trinity Southern officials “evaluated” his resume—which apparently showed college-level business experience in the fast food industry, child care, and, er, retail management.

Colby’s diploma was purchased for $399, plus shipping and handling, in a sting operation undertaken by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s
Office.

The operation was commissioned in an effort to protect the citizens of Pennsylvania from an aggressive online education fraud operation by Trinity Southern University, an institution that had been identified as a particularly aggressive degree mill.

Check out another furry educational achiever here in a Get Educated TV exclusive 'Dog Earns Life Experience Online MBA Degree.' 





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