When I hear "diploma mill," I think of people padding their resumes with phony college degrees. But this story refers to phony high schools:
Last November, The New York Times reported on a Miami "correspondence school," with no classes or instructors, that offered degrees for $399. The paper reported that athletes from the school had signed with schools such as Florida and Tennessee. Subsequent stories revealed other questionable high schools.The fraud is committed to make athletes eligible for college competition, although Lennon characterized it as an issue of concern for all of higher education. He said the NCAA, individual school admissions offices and law enforcement need to work on the problem together.
Oh, no, no problem with college athletics, no siree. They are all fine programs and make a real contribution to schools' academic missions. Oh, yeah.
