03-09-2012, 07:09 AM
If I ignored your point, it was because it didn't address the issue.
Yes, some people in academia have found trouble from the things they've said or printed.
Millard Fillmore and L.I.A.R. were both tongue-in-cheek fundraisers. Both were very brief. Both happened a very long time ago. No one was fooled, no one was trying to fool anyone, and the only way you or anyone else even knows about them is that the guy behind them told their stories--knowing then as we (and you) know now that they weren't anything to be concerned about.
IIAS has a different story, also well-chronicled.
Yes, Bear and others recommended some unaccredited schools back then. That was the situation, and those were often the only realistic alternatives. But the situation has changed dramatically since then. Many of the more-recommended unaccredited schools went on to become accredited. Some went out of business. And some remain. Others have popped up. But the warnings about unaccredited degrees and their limited utility still remain.
Oh, and there's no such thing as a "paratrooper ID," fake or otherwise. And the notion that using a fake degree in some situations won't get you arrested, fine. But it's still lying.
Yes, some people in academia have found trouble from the things they've said or printed.
Millard Fillmore and L.I.A.R. were both tongue-in-cheek fundraisers. Both were very brief. Both happened a very long time ago. No one was fooled, no one was trying to fool anyone, and the only way you or anyone else even knows about them is that the guy behind them told their stories--knowing then as we (and you) know now that they weren't anything to be concerned about.
IIAS has a different story, also well-chronicled.
Yes, Bear and others recommended some unaccredited schools back then. That was the situation, and those were often the only realistic alternatives. But the situation has changed dramatically since then. Many of the more-recommended unaccredited schools went on to become accredited. Some went out of business. And some remain. Others have popped up. But the warnings about unaccredited degrees and their limited utility still remain.
Oh, and there's no such thing as a "paratrooper ID," fake or otherwise. And the notion that using a fake degree in some situations won't get you arrested, fine. But it's still lying.