# Like, this is shocking, man **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335 "2020-02-01T16:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/1 "2020-02-01T16:35:18Z")
Scandal at the University of Central Florida: three professors fired for helping a PhD student get their degree in return for grant money. \*""That’s crazy. It makes you think like, ‘aw man, maybe not all the degrees you get are going to be like, for real,’” student Wallace Borges said. UCF announced Monday it was firing the director of the university’s Institute for Simulation and Training along with two other faculty members after an investigation revealed they helped a student cheat to get their degree in exchange for grant money. "It’s shocking because like, it’s UCF, you wouldn’t expect that to happen because a majority of professors are helpful and would try to get you there without money or anything,” UCF student Keymara Thomas said… “If it’s like a fake degree, per say, it kind of like stops the credit, or credibility I guess of the school,” Borges said.”\* > **[3 UCF faculty face firing for helping student for grants](https://www.wesh.com/article/alleged-bribery-scandal-under-investigation-at-ucf/30683191)** > > New details are unfolding at the University of Central Florida as officials announce the firing of three faculty members involved in a bribery scandal with a student. It’s reassuring that _most_ UCF profs don’t require $$$ from their students in exchange for degrees. And, like, UCF’s football team is like, really good. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/2 "2020-02-01T18:21:51Z")
The English Department, y’know, seems to, like, have some problems, you feel me? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/3 "2020-02-01T18:24:13Z")
But they have nothing on San Dimas High School football. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/4 "2020-02-01T18:39:53Z")
Fake news! Who is this alleged whistle blower? Probably a student at FDSU (Florida Deep State University). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/5 "2020-02-01T18:56:10Z")
Wait, what now? Research professors like to help out graduate students who help them get grants? What the… It’s almost like universities run on grant money. Utter lunacy. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/6 "2020-02-01T22:23:17Z")
And shit. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/7 "2020-02-02T02:03:54Z")
Everybody should just take a Scooby snack and calm down. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/8 "2020-02-02T03:58:47Z")
When asked for a response, the professors were all like whatevs. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/9 "2020-02-02T17:42:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But they have nothing on San Dimas High School football. They never beat the Pomona Catholic Boy’s High School team. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/10 "2020-02-02T21:45:46Z")
Totally. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335/11 "2020-02-03T12:54:21Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But they have nothing on San Dimas High School football. I hear it rules.