diploma mill

Norwegian translation: bløffuniversitet

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English term or phrase:	Diploma Mill
Norwegian translation:	bløffuniversitet

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15:55 Mar 4, 2011

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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Additional field(s): Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs

English term or phrase: diploma mill

Definition from Guide to Online Education:
Also called "degree mill." An organization lacking recognition by legitimate accrediting agencies which "awards" academic degrees and diplomas for a flat fee, usually requiring little or no academic study.

Example sentence(s):

Although many diploma mills claim to be “accredited,” their accreditation is from a bogus, but official-sounding agency that they created. Federal Trade Commission
The terms "unaccredited" and "diploma mill" are sometimes improperly treated as synonomous. In fact, there are a wide range of institutions representing themselves as colleges or universities that grant degrees but do not meet New Jersey standards. NJ Commission on Higher Education
These "schools" promise a fast and easy road to a degreed job but you can destroy your professional reputation for life by using a degree from a diploma mill, and that "fast and easy road" can lead straight to prison. Degree Finders

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bløffuniversitet

Definition:
Bløffuniversitet / diplommølle

"Det er to hovedgrupper av falske utdanningsdokumenter:

* Vitnemål som gir seg ut for å være utstedt ved et universitet, ved at de ligner de autentiske vitnemålene.
* Vitnemål fra institusjoner som bare utsteder dokumentene uten å tilby utdanning. Disse institusjonene omtales ofte som bløffuniversitet eller diplommøller og dokumentene er for så vidt ekte nok, men har ingenting med universitetsutdanning og akademiske grader å gjøre."

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bløffuniversitet

Definition from Nokut (Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i ut:
Bløffuniversitet / diplommølle

"Det er to hovedgrupper av falske utdanningsdokumenter:

* Vitnemål som gir seg ut for å være utstedt ved et universitet, ved at de ligner de autentiske vitnemålene.
* Vitnemål fra institusjoner som bare utsteder dokumentene uten å tilby utdanning. Disse institusjonene omtales ofte som bløffuniversitet eller diplommøller og dokumentene er for så vidt ekte nok, men har ingenting med universitetsutdanning og akademiske grader å gjøre."

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Bløffuniversitet: diploma mill / degree mill (An organization that awards diplomas with very little or no academic study, and without recognition by official accrediting bodies) - Universitets- og høgskolerådet (UHR)

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