# The ethics of "diploma mills"

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 29, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-diploma-mills/465769 "2008-09-29T22:37:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-diploma-mills/465769/13 "2008-10-01T02:02:55Z")

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> [@Ruken](#):
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> Do people truthfully list the name of the “institution” from which they received their degree? I know my father says they tend to pitch resumes of people with degrees from U of Phoenix. I’m assuming people don’t lie (otherwise they’d just lie about having a degree), but that employers don’t check up on schools.

I am a hiring manger and also a school snob. A resume from the University of Phoenix will get pitched so fast that it could cut someones head off. Ironically, I think it is a legitimate degree. I want any potential employee to have a traditional degree from a good school that includes living on campus for a while. That is an extremely important part of college as well.

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