前教授周序申告贏紐約州立大學, 獲陪審團判賠60萬美元
華裔教授和學生告美國大學案例介紹
周序申即搜索網頁和法院案件審判文件, 查出Western Colorado University 是一所正宗的野雞大學。2010年7月27日, 周序申向商學院的認證機構---AACSB International 舉報。見以下舉報信中有關 Mr. Robert Orilio 的部分和大約一年半後的AACSB的回郵。而SUNY IT 收到周序申的調查舉報後，僅僅是要求該教授停止使用自己的博士頭銜，卻沒有別的處罰。見以下SUNY IT 2007-2009 和 2011-2013本科生目錄。
SUNY IT’s Academic Fraud
Xu-Shen Zhou, Ph.D.
July 27, 2010
Professor Robert Orilio at the State University of New York, Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) used his doctoral degree from a diploma mill for promotion and raise. SUNYIT published his diploma mill degree in its official catalog as a Ph.D. from Western Colorado University (“SUNY IT Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2009”, page 143). Therefore, SUNYIT deceives the public, students, and parents into believe that Mr. Orilio received a legitimate Ph.D. degree just like other professors, while in fact it is not.
The following evidences show that Western Colorado University was a diploma mill.
“Western colorado university, Grand Junction, Colorado … Offered nonresident degrees in many fields at all levels. Accredited by the unrecognized National Association for Private Nontraditional Schools and Colleges, with whom they shared staff and office space” (Bear’s guide to earning degrees by distance learning by John Bear and Mariah P. Bear, 2003, page 338).
On December 3, 1982, the Minnesota Board of Psychology denied the request for a variance by Mr. Joseph E. Draganosky who received a Psy.D. degree from Western Colorado University. The reason for the denial was “that it had not been demonstrated that accreditation of Western Colorado University by the Association of Non-Traditional Schools and Colleges was equivalent to accreditation by a regional accrediting association. The Board's minutes reflect that the investigation determined that the Association of Private Non-Traditional Schools and Colleges was twice denied recognition by the U.S. Department of Education, that the President of Western Colorado University was Chairman of the accrediting standards committee of NAPNSC and that six of the founders of NAPNSC were also on the faculty Of Western Colorado University”.
In 1985, Supreme Court of Minnesota affirmed the Board’s denial (Draganosky v. Minnesota Bd. of Psychology, 367 N.W.2d 521). Further, “Western Colorado University was not accredited by NAPNSC until 1980” (Draganosky v. Minnesota Bd. of Psychology, 367 N.W.2d 521), only one year before Mr. Orilio received his doctoral degree from Western Colorado University.
Regarding National Association of Private, Nontraditional Schools and Colleges (NAPNSC), “A serious effort to establish an accrediting agency specifically concerned with alternative schools and programs. It was established in Grand Junction, Colorado, in the 1970s by a group of educators associated with Western Colorado University, a nontraditional school that has since gone out of business. Although NAPNSC’s standards for accreditation have grown more rigorous over the years, their application for recognition has been turned down many times by the U.S. Department of Education, but they plan to keep trying. Formerly the National Association for Schools and Colleges,”(Bear’s guide to earning degrees by distance learning by John Bear and Mariah P. Bear, 2003, page 57).
It is known that Western Colorado University was a diploma mill in the DegreeInfo’s Distance Learning - online degree forum[1]. Senior member John Bear appears to be the author John Bear and a leading authority on distance learning and diploma mills[2]. He wrote, “At the time I visited WCU, 1979, it was definitely 100% nonresident.”
A registered user Rich Douglas wrote, “Western Colorado University didn't just share office space with the NAPNSC, WCU created NAPNSC”. “A while back I was fooling around and doing searches on Google, looking for references to old-time unaccredited schools and diploma mills. The two that stood out to me -- because I always felt they were a bit obscure and had both been out of business for a while -- were Western Colorado and Indiana Northern. Those schools put out a lot of degrees. And my recent research implies that "real sounding" names like those--and like Columbia State--can improve the acceptability of one's degree(s). And having a degree from a school with a funny sounding name -- like Education America or Capella University -- seems to have the opposite effect.”
In 1973, Supreme Court of New York granted New York State’s application for an injunction to another Colorado “college” from selling and advertising academic degrees, and representing itself as a "college" in the state on the grounds that it did not qualify as a college (the State of New York v. Colorado State Christian College of the Church of the Inner Power, Inc. 76 Misc. 2d 50; 346 N.Y.S.2d 482). The “college”, as in the case of Western Colorado University, “has no formal entrance requirements, nor resident students; nor library or other educational facilities”; nor “curriculum accredited by any official or recognized agency.”
The court wrote, “The academic degree is still regarded as the passport to success, wealth and happiness, the lingua franca on the road of social mobility in America. The Ph. D. is looked on both as insuring its recipient a career coupling status and good pay, as well as assuring the public that the degree holder has a certain competence in his area of scholastic recognition. These are values which are worthy of legal protection.”
On February 28, 1980, a newspaper, the Modesto Bee reported, “Seven permanent faculty members of the Los Rios Community College District are receiving a $1,824 salary bonus each year for doctorates they received from an unaccredited school – Western Colorado University – although community college policy does not allow for the recognition of such degrees for salary advancement.”
[1] http://forums.degreeinfo.com/distance-learning-discussions/7504-western-colorado-university-grand-junction.html
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bear
From the evidence above, just as people would know the pornography when they see it, any reasonable person would know that Western Colorado University was a diploma mill. Mr. Orilio was hired in 1977 at SUNY IT. He could obtain his Ph.D. degree from any of several SUNY campuses, where the tuition was reimbursed for the faculty. Instead, he received his D.B.A. degree from Colorado in 1981. With his diploma mill degree, he has been the undergraduate director in business.
Conclusions
It is ironic that SUNYIT sought and obtained AACSB accreditation for its business programs, but recognizes and promotes the diploma mill degree holder itself. Furthermore, Mr. Orilio appears dual in a big picture on the cover page of official SUNY IT catalog. In many states, such as Illinois, Maine, Michigan, and North Dakota, it is illegal to use diploma mill degrees to obtain employment, get a promotion, and get a raise[1]. A diploma mill degree holder can serve jail time in some states; he serves a shining example at SUNY IT.
回複Langdon的評論:
Sorry to hear your story, but they all 做偽證.
So far changing title from Dr. to Mr. and pay raises.
一針見血!
如果打官司的是老美，官司早就贏了，這個假文憑老美也被趕走了。
I'd like to know what happens to those who did you wrong? Do they have any consequences except changing title from Dr to Mr?
華人試一下在美國學曆做假， 看看後果如何 ？ 試一下華人大學教授論文做假， 看看後果如何 ？
"即使新雇主不在乎你被解雇的理由，也會覺得你這人不夠tactful.講話不策略的人，放到那裏都是定時炸彈。人家會擔心以後你作為同事怎麽說話？讚你的精神，但還是有書呆子之嫌。現實是不完美的，得接受這一點。"
whistlebrower 在那裏都不受歡迎，但要是懂舔老板屁股, 很多老板喜歡你， 這是普世標準來的。
不是說美國人很單純嗎 ？ 看來是中國人更單純。
即使新雇主不在乎你被解雇的理由，也會覺得你這人不夠tactful.講話不策略的人，放到那裏都是定時炸彈。人家會擔心以後你作為同事怎麽說話？讚你的精神，但還是有書呆子之嫌。現實是不完美的，得接受這一點。
謝謝。You are right. I guess no one else would say that they left because they were not renewed. At one school, at the end of my research presentation, one professor asked me why I would leave SUNY IT, I just said, "I was not reappointed." Then there was a deafening silence.
話又說回來，你當初太認真了。美國好多事也是同事間眨眨眼的默契，你該拿到tenure再去去跟他們認真。要認真也要備好證據，比如錄音。當初再找工作時也不該提不續約的理由，就說personal reason就行了。
Diploma mill degrees are almost always considered dishonest and unacceptable by employers. However, in some states, using a diploma mill degree is actually illegal. In many cases, using such a degree to get a job, promote your business, or enhance your resume is punishable with a fine or even jail time.
If you are concerned about degree use laws in your state, consult an attorney for professional legal advice.
University of Phoenix degree is not accredited but it is different from a Diploma Mill degree because diploma mill says it is accredited but actually not. Western Colorado University was a diploma mill because it lied about the accreditation but UP does not lie.