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n. (context pejorative English) a disreputable university, churning out diplomas to unqualified students.
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A diploma mill (also known as a degree mill) is a company or organization who claims to be a higher education institution but which offers illegitimate academic degrees and diplomas for a fee. These degrees may claim to give credit for relevant life experience, but should not be confused with legitimate prior learning assessment programs. They may also claim to evaluate work history or require submission of a thesis or dissertation for evaluation to give an appearance of authenticity. Diploma mills are frequently supported by accreditation mills, set up for the purpose of providing an appearance of authenticity. The term may also be used pejoratively to describe an accredited institution with low academic admission standards and a low job placement rate. An individual may or may not be aware that the degree they have obtained is not wholly legitimate. In either case, legal issues can arise if the qualification is used in resumés.
Usage examples of "diploma mill".
The presiding minister that night was the Reverend Buster Mahoney, CPA, Gamblers Anonymous member, honorary Laughlin deputy sheriff, and a licensed graduate of the Elko Religious Farm, a combination monastic retreat, soul aerobics center, and diploma mill.
Your ideas about education have scope-the kind that's needed if Powhattan isn't going to turn into a diploma mill, the kind that no one else at the university has, not Joel Mellon, not Cromwell Smith, not Larry Hawthorne, not Gertrude Twill.
Our chief bond was that we had taken the same correspondence course in bartending from a diploma mill n Chicago, The Illinois Institute of Instruction, a division of The RAM-JAC Corporation.