0 users logged on

Tips: BlueJerseyDotCom (AIM) |

Quote of the Day: Diploma Mills still an option

by: Jason Springer

Sun Aug 17, 2008 at 06:35:08 PM EDT

The NJ Department of Education issued a report last week saying that Freehold administrators did not mean to deceive when they received degrees from a "diploma mill" at taxpayer expense in order to get a raise:

The Education Department in its report suggested -- but didn't require -- that school administrators in the future earn their degrees at reputable, accredited schools.

So it's still an option to get your degree from non-accredited schools if you'd like, according to the department of Education and they say they don't have the power to change it apparently:

Education Commissioner Lucille Davy said she doesn't have the authority to regulate what kind of degrees school boards allow when determining pay and benefits for administrators.
"It is wrong for people to use diploma mill degrees to increase their salaries. But I don't have the authority to stop them," Davy said.

It's wrong? That's it? If she doesn't have the power, then the Legislature or whoever else does should do more than offer faint condemnation. The response from the Education Department prompted today's quote of the day:

"I feel sorry for New Jersey. Here they had an opportunity to step up to the plate, and they opted not to. I would have thought New Jersey would have had a little more brass than that," Allen Ezell, a former FBI agent who investigated diploma mill fraud, told the Asbury Park Press for Sunday newspapers.

But until someone shows a little more brass as the FBI agent puts it, diploma mills will remain an option in New Jersey because no one seems to have the power or the will to change it.

Jason Springer :: Quote of the Day: Diploma Mills still an option

Tags: NJ Deparment of Education, Diploma Mill, DOE, (All Tags)

Print Friendly View

Send As Email

Quote of the Day: Diploma Mills still an option | 5 comments

astonishing (0.00 / 0)

"I feel sorry for New Jersey" is exactly right. It's pathetic.

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

by: Hopeful @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 01:34:11 AM UTC

Repeat after me folks... (0.00 / 0)

They get away with it because they know they will get re-elected anyway.

by: AreYouWithMe? @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 03:28:05 AM UTC

The best quote... (0.00 / 0)

of the whole mess... (and I'm not sure it's from the Freehold guy)....

But it goes like this...

"sure... I could have gone to a traditional school, and taken off work everyday at 2pm..."

I can see tuition reimbursement, but do we really send teachers/administrators to school on our time as well??!!?

Shouldn't they educate themselves on their own time?

"Where ever you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Bonzai

by: William Weber (WjcW) @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 18:48:46 PM UTC

Shoot them (0.00 / 0)

Shoot them all.

Restore democracy and the Constitution for which it stands.

by: The Wizard @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 21:10:20 PM UTC

My comments (0.00 / 0)

for any who care.

by: Thurman Hart @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 22:08:42 PM UTC

Quote of the Day: Diploma Mills still an option | 5 comments

Featured Stories

Loretta & Shayna & Jonah Talk Family
by: Rosi Efthim - Feb 06
5 Comments

Jennifer Ehrentraut Segro
by: deciminyan - Feb 04
1 Comments

The Battle For Local School Control
by: Jersey Jazzman - Feb 04
3 Comments

Hate Ads? Make them disappear.
Subscribe:

Blue Jersey Essentials

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Rosi Efthim

STAFF WRITERS
Adam L a/k/a/ clammyc
Bill Orr
Deciminyan
Hopeful
Jay Lassiter
Jeff Gardner
Jersey Jazzman
KendalJames
Senator Loretta Weinberg
the_promised_land
Rosi Efthim

» About | FAQ | In the News
»
» Tips:
» Front Page RSS Feed

» User Diaries RSS Feed

» Blue Jersey on Twitter » Blue Jersey on Facebook » Blue Jersey T-shirts

ADVERTISEMENT

<a href="http://csm.rotator.hadj7.adjuggler.net/servlet/ajrotator/616298/0/cc?z=csm"><img src="http://csm.rotator.hadj7.adjuggler.net/servlet/ajrotator/616298/0/vc?z=csm&dim=616025&kw=&click=&abr=$imginiframe" width="160" height="600" border="0"></a>

Blog Roll

» Alicia Menendez
» Alive and Kickin
» Baristanet
» Blog the Fifth
» Capitol Quickies
» The Center of NJ Life
» Channel Surfing
» Daily Newarker
» The Englewood Report
» Frank Lobiondo Record
» Fred Snowflack
» Freedom to Tinker
» Garden State Grapevine
» ClearysNoteBook
» Herb Jackson
» Hoboken Journal
» Hoboken Now
» Jersey Blogs
» Jersey Jazzman
» Middletown Mike
» More Monmouth Musings
» NJ Domestic Partnership
» NJ Politics Unusual
» NJ Voices: Policy Watch
» On Our Radar
» The Opinion Mill
» Other Spaces
» Plainfield Plaintalker
» PolitickerNJ
» Retire Garrett
» Ruins of Trenton
» Senator Ray Lesniak
» Stovetop Diplomacy
» Sustainable Cherry Hill
» The Subversive Garden
» Teaneck Progress
» Trenton Kat
» We Don't Need Permission
» Xpatriated Texan

Cartoons

» M.e. Cohen
» Jimmy Margulies
» Drew Sheneman
» Rob Tornoe

Ads do not constitute
an endorsement
from Blue Jersey.

Blue Jersey Gear

Visit the Blue Jersey store. T-shirts, bumper stickers & more!

Shirts available in dozens of styles and colors.

Visit the Blue Jersey Store

Contact Us
» Editor:
» Press releases:
» Advertising inquiries:
» Tips:

About Us
» About Blue Jersey
» Blue Jersey in the News
» FAQ/Usage
»
» RSS Feed

Misc Stuff
» Blue Jersey Radio
» Blue Jersey on Twitter
» Facebook Group
» MySpace Page
» NJ Politics 101 Wiki
» Blue Jersey Podcast
» Screaming Carrot Award
» Contribute to Blue Jersey

7747 satisfied users, visits and 0 subpoenas served since Sept 28, 2005
© Blue Jersey, powered by the mighty SoapBlox.

free hit counter javascript

Powered by: SoapBlox