Thursday, January 04, 2007
Did G.A.O Check Out Rep. Joyce Beatty's Alma Mater?
CINCINNATI (TDB) -- Apparently, the GAO used an undercover investigator to ask questions about Pacific Western University in 2004. There were concerns about high-level federal employees who claimed bogus academic degrees. A lengthy report is available about a probe of reputed diploma mills by the investigating arm of Congress. There are mentions of Pacific Western in the body of the GAO report.
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Bill - just to be on the safe side, I would want to check out if the concern is that those entities are getting money they shouldn't be getting from the government (at any level) or any other person when what a person (and the government) get back is of no value or, worse, nonexistent. As for the people pursuing such letters, well - they belong to a special group too. But there's a lot going on here. I would think the GAO is first, or should be first and foremost interested in not giving our money to entities that don't deserve it. As for the individuals getting the worthless letters - employers need to figure that out too, don't you think, and balance with everything else in a candidate's background.
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