| Degree Mill is only profit organization offering its | | | | asked nor did they demand any documented |
| customers a degree without any academic | | | | proof. |
| knowledge. It is not recognized by any of the | | | | Rochville University advertises itself as accredited |
| official education accreditation bodies thus resulting | | | | by Board of Online Universities Accreditation and |
| in lack of authenticity. Degree Mills and its | | | | World Online Education Accreditation Commission |
| consumers are both equally harmful to the | | | | which are not recognized in the U.S. The university |
| society, one for selling the degree to a non | | | | has no physical location and operates only on |
| knowledgeable person and other purchasing it in | | | | internet without any traces to follow. |
| order to practice a profession. For a profession | | | | It is very easy for the consumers to acquire |
| like a doctor or engineer the degree acts | | | | bogus degrees in order to gain access to high |
| hazardous to the society. But when a person uses | | | | level jobs or further education. These degrees |
| this degree as his road towards terrorism it is yet | | | | also help in safeguarding the driving license in |
| more hazardous. | | | | some countries. Hamilton University, yet another |
| According to the U.S reports the 9/11 fallouts | | | | degree mill have provided hundred of bogus |
| used these degrees to acquire the aviation training | | | | degrees to the federal workers. The department |
| with a very little or no problem to enter US. The | | | | of Homeland Security has one of its high level |
| Rochville University was exposed by the CNN | | | | CIO exposed with her bogus degree. The state |
| network in their report in late 2005; the university | | | | of Wyoming has put an end to the operations of |
| provided a master's degree in chemistry to a | | | | Hamilton University. |
| student named Abu Salsabil Hassan Omar who | | | | Internet is the only operating medium through |
| turned out to a terrorist of the militant Al Qaeda | | | | which these bogus degrees float from one part |
| terror group, it on the contrary helped him out to | | | | of the world to another. The masters of |
| sustain in U.S. While checking the limits of the | | | | Chemistry degree for an amount of some dollars |
| Degree Mills a secret agent sent application to | | | | must have easily infiltrated Abu Salsabil Hassan |
| James Manroe University (which no longer exists) | | | | Omar from UAE to US. The degree mills are only |
| as Syrian person who couldn't sustain himself in | | | | visible on Internet and thus making it harder to |
| Syrian army but is experienced chemical weapon | | | | curb their operations. |
| specialist and requires a degree to fulfill his | | | | Degree mills being only profit organization have |
| credentials and stay back in U.S. $1200 was the | | | | not yet recognized the threat they are imposing |
| only demand by the university, no questions were | | | | on the society, they are also the part of. |