Life Experience Degrees...What's the catch?

It's a diploma mill; don't buy into it! I just read this article on Yahoo about so-called online universities offering "life experience degrees." Read it and send it onto your friends. If you really want to do an online degree, try to pick a school that is a brick and mortar school offering an online program (Boston University, George Washington U, etc)--you will get more respect in the job market. As for your situation, stay as far away from the "life experience degrees"! Good luck.

http://education.yahoo.net/degrees/articles/featur...

If you don't wanna click, here is the copy/pasted question:

Q: What is a "diploma mill" and how can I spot one?

A: Online "diploma mills" are websites that offer degrees without requiring you to complete any coursework. They often advertise degrees earned based on your past life experiences. According to USA Today, diploma mills are a $500 million-a-year industry. For a fee of $50 to $5,000, you can purchase a diploma and transcript from a non-accredited college. Often the colleges exist in name only, and their names are designed to sound like familiar colleges and universities. Penalties for using one of these phony diplomas are mounting. Two states, Oregon and New Jersey, have made it illegal to apply for jobs using bogus degrees. Even those people who are able to snag a job based on false credentials have no guarantee that they can keep it because they have none of the training they would have acquired in a legitimate online degree program.

I virtually "got here to" the opposite day, and the concept of dealing with an afternoon scared what little lifestyles I had in me out. That's approximately as near as I've been "Keep the booze coming bartender, I'm nonetheless conscious!!"

Hell no but if you find out and there is no catch please let me know.

orozcoee01@yahoo.com