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            • Diploma Mill
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            • 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. Guide to Online Education
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            • Although many diploma mills claim to be “accredited,” their accreditation is from a bogus, but official-sounding agency that they created. - Federal Trade Commission by
            • 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 by
            • 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 by
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            • фабрика диплома
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            • „Фабрика диплома“ је установа која у јавности има лош углед, јер се сматра да се дипломе те установе могу добити простом уплатом одређеног новчаног износа, или уз веома поједностављен поступак студирања. Own research - by Dejan Škrebić
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            • Naime, primećeno je da je sve više korporacija i firmi koji na svojim internim listama imaju spisak malih fabrika diploma, listu institucija zaduženih za visoko obrazovanje. - ББС Агенција by Dejan Škrebić
            • Prema predsedniku, novi zakon će omogućiti tranziciju sa sistema prikupljanja informacija na obrazovanje zasnovano na razvoju, obezbediti snažno učešće porodice i lokalnih zajednica u upravljanju školskim životom i uvesti u univerzitete mehanizme kontrole, namenjene sprečavanju takozvanih „fabrika diploma“. - Radio Romania International by Dejan Škrebić
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    • Norwegian
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            • bløffuniversitet
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            • 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." Nokut (Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i ut - by Bente Gundersen
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    • Chinese
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            • 学位工厂
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            • 或者文凭工厂 “degree mill”（学位工厂）和“diploma mill”（文凭工厂）两词可互用，但在学术圈内有一点点差异，那就是： A degree mill（学位工厂）提供假学校的“真”学位 provides a "real" degree from a fake college. A diploma mill（文凭工厂）提供真学校的假学位 provides a fake degree from a real college. 新浪博客 - by Zhengyu Fry
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            • 在美国无法定论到底有多少“文凭工厂”，原因有两点：一来这种大学都是躲躲藏藏的，二来从这种学校得到学位的人一般都是三缄其口，不愿多说。 - 新民周刊 by Zhengyu Fry
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