07-01-2008, 04:09 AM
Don Dresden Wrote:Virginia joins the party, with SACS-accredited VCU awarding the Richmond police chief a degree on only 6 of 30 required units:
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/04/qt
Followup: VCU Allows Improperly Awarded Degree
Quote:Virginia Commonwealth University on Friday announced that an investigation had found that a bachelor’s degree had been awarded to the former police chief of Richmond even though he was not close to meeting a key degree requirement. However, the university announced at the same time that because the former police chief did not seek special treatment, he wasn’t responsible for the degree being awarded — and the degree will stand as legitimate.
...Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director for external relations of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, said via e-mail that the university’s statement “raises more questions than it answers. The strangeness of the university’s decision not to rescind an improperly awarded (and technically unearned) degree is only outdone by the meekness of the rationale offered in its support.”
Will AACRAO be calling for Princeton to rescind Gollin's degree?
