What John Bear really said!!

[DR ANATIDAE]

This is from a source that is 30 years old. Perhaps what was reasonable then is not now? Got anything from this century?

Yes, here's some current info:

A brief list of some of the prominent Degree Mills:

http://www.instantdegrees.com
http://www.degrees-and-diplomas.com
http://www.universityofdublin.org
http://www.degreexpress.eu/?degree+adwords2
http://www.degrees-for-sale.com
http://www.customdegrees.com
http://www.affordabledegrees.com
http://www.degreexpress.eu
http://www.hilluniversity.com
http://www.belforduniversity.org
http://www.stanfielduniversity.org
http://www.stanforduniversity.eu/
http://www.concordia-college.net/
http://www.limburg-online.org/
http://www.lorenzuniversity.com/
http://www.alumnaservices.co.uk/
http://www.satisfieddegree.com/

And here’s a very brief list of a few of private B&M universities:

Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton, Stanford University, Emory, Duke, Rice, University of Buckingham, Richmond, BPP University College, and many many more. Japan alone has close to 600 private universities and Canada has 18 and Australia 9.
In the UK Royal Chartered institutions are devoid of any State control or State influence, yet Chartered awards from these institutions have far higher status in education, industry, commerce, etc., than universities degrees.
In addition, in many countries, apart from some government funding, State universities are totally independent and devoid of State validation or influence.
As I mentioned earlier, there are over 3,000 private universities in the world, with an increasing number offering quality DL courses and degrees via the Internet.