| 词条 | Rochville University |
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| name = Rochville University | native_name = | image_name = Rochville University logo.gif | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | latin_name = | motto = Redefine Your Future | mottoeng = | established = 2001 | closed = 2012 | type = Online diploma mill | affiliation = | endowment = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chancellor = | president = | vice-president = | superintendent = | provost = | vice_chancellor = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | faculty = | staff = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | city = | state = | province = | country = | coor = | campus = None | former_names = | free_label = | free = | sports = | colors = | colours = | nickname = | mascot = | athletics = | affiliations = | website = {{url|http://www.rochvilleuniversity.org/|rochvilleuniversity.org}} | logo = | footnotes = }}Rochville University was an online diploma mill offering a "Life Experience Degree, and Certificate Program" without coursework or prior transcript evaluation. The State of Texas classified it as an "illegal supplier of educational credentials"[1] whose degrees may not be used in Texas.[2] The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization lists it as "fake".[3]{{dead link|date=July 2015}} Its operation is believed to be centered in Pakistan,[3] and its diplomas and degree certificates have been mailed from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4] Along with many similar enterprises, it is owned by the Karachi based company, Axact, whose main business, according to a New York Times investigation, is "to take the centuries-old scam of selling fake academic degrees and turn it into an Internet-era scheme on a global scale".[5] The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board indicated in 2006 that Rochville, Belford University, and the agencies from which they claimed accreditation appeared to be operated by the same individuals.[6] In 2012, a U.S. District Court ordered Belford University, Rochville University's sister operation, shut down and its founder pay $22.7 million in damages.[7] Accreditation statusRochville University has claimed to be accredited by various organizations, but none are recognized higher education accreditors. These have included the International Accreditation Agency for Online Universities (IAAOU), the Universal Council for Online Education Accreditation (UCOEA), the Board of Online Universities Accreditation (BOUA), and the World Online Education Accrediting Commission (WOEAC). The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reported that Rochville University and the accreditation boards appeared to be operated by the same individuals.[6] According to its website, the BOUA has accredited only one other institution, Ashwood University,{{cn|date=August 2017}} which is believed to be Rochville University's sister operation.{{cn|date=August 2017}} Because Rochville University is not accredited by any recognized accreditation bodies in the United States, its degrees and credits are unlikely to be acceptable to employers or academic institutions.[10] Jurisdictions that have restricted or made illegal the use of credentials from unaccredited schools include Oregon,[8][9] Michigan,[10] Maine,[11] North Dakota,[9] New Jersey,[9] Washington,[8]{{dead link|date=July 2015}}[12] Nevada,[8]{{dead link|date=July 2015}}[13] Illinois,[8]{{dead link|date=July 2015}} Indiana,[8]{{dead link|date=July 2015}} and Texas.[14][15] Many other states are also considering restrictions on the use of degrees from unaccredited institutions.[16] Criticism and controversyClaims have been made that Rochville University is a fraudulent diploma mill.[17][18][19][20][21][22] According to GetEducated.com, an online learning consumer group, Rochville University operates under various aliases, including affordabledegrees.com.[23] [24] In 2009, GetEducated.com purchased an online MBA for its mascot, a dog named Chester Ludlow. The news release indicates that $499 and a resume were submitted to Rochville in May and a week later the degree with a packet of corresponding paperwork arrived from Dubai showing that the dog graduated with a 3.19 G.P.A. In addition to the MBA diploma and transcripts, Chester received a "certificate of distinction in finance and a certificate of membership in the student council".[4][25] In 2005, investigators for CNN purchased a master's degree in chemistry from Rochville in the name of Abu Salsabil Hassan Omar, presumably an identity of their own creation. Attempts to find a physical presence for Rochville failed. Its website was operated from Sarasota, Florida. The diploma received by the network was mailed from the United Arab Emirates.[26] There have also been concerns that some people may have used degrees obtained from Rochville and other online universities for fraudulent purposes. On 22 February 2007 Yorkshire police announced plans to re-investigate 700 court cases after the conviction of Gene Morrison, "a fraudster who conned the courts for three decades by posing as a forensic expert."[27] Morrison was convicted of 22 counts involving his claimed education, including four counts of obtaining money by deception, seven counts of attempting to obtain property by deception, eight counts of perverting the course of justice or intending to pervert the course of justice, and three counts of perjury.[27] The court ruled that his BSc degree in forensic science, a master's degree with excellence in forensic investigation and a doctorate in criminology from Rochville University in the United States were gained "not from years of study and learning, but from accessing a website, www.affordabledegrees.com, and paying a fee."[27] In 2011, firefighters who had purchased degrees from diploma mills to get raises were having their raises revoked. Rochville University was listed as one of the institutions that had provided degrees.[28] In Guam, a Rochville online degree was determined to be inadequate to meet the educational requirements for the position of chief of police.[29] Connection with Belford UniversityThe Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board indicated in 2006 that Rochville, Belford University, and the agencies from which they claimed accreditation appeared to be operated by the same people.[6] In August 2012, a U.S. District Court ordered Belford University, Rochville University's sister operation, shut down and its founder, Salem Kureshi, pay $22.7 million in damages.[7] Court documents revealed that Belford University was run by 30-year-old Salem Kureshi from his apartment in Karachi, Pakistan.[3][30] The court found that Kureshi "operates a sophisticated internet ripoff scheme through various websites, which falsely represent the existence of an accredited and legitimate high school, whose diplomas will be widely accepted by employers, professional associations, other schools, colleges and universities."[31] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Diploma Mill Police|url=http://www.geteducated.com/diploma-mill-police/degree-mills-list/rochville-university-accreditation|publisher=GetEducated.com|accessdate=25 February 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas|url=http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=EF4C3C3B-EB44-4381-6673F760B3946FBB|publisher=Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|accessdate=25 February 2013}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|last=Rogalski|first=Jeremy|title=Alleged diploma mill program traced to Pakistan|url=http://www.khou.com/news/alleged-diploma-mill-program-traced-to-pakistan_20161021124331580/339801696|work=KHOU 11 News I-Team|publisher=KHOU.com|accessdate=25 February 2013}} 4. ^1 Dog Earns Online MBA, GetEducated.com, September 21, 2009 5. ^{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Declan|authorlink1=Declan Walsh (journalist)|title=Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/world/asia/fake-diplomas-real-cash-pakistani-company-axact-reaps-millions-columbiana-barkley.html|accessdate=18 May 2015|work=New York Times|date=17 May 2015}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Malisow|first=Craig|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/news/first-degree-fraud-6586951|title=First Degree Fraud|newspaper=Houston Press|date=July 20, 2006}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|last=The Googasian Firm, P.C.|title=Belford Class Action Lawsuit|url=http://www.belfordlawsuit.com/|accessdate=25 February 2013}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx |accessdate=December 27, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005050415/http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx |archivedate=October 5, 2012 |title= Unaccredited Colleges |publisher= Oregon Office of Degree Authorization |date=2012-10-05 }} 9. ^1 2 State mulls online learning {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115072626/http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews%2F2005%2F01%2F30%2Fbuild%2Fwyoming%2F40-online-learning.inc |date=January 15, 2008 }} by the Associated Press, Billings Gazette, January 30, 2005 10. ^Colleges and Universities not accredited by CHEA {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628214640/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Non-accreditedSchools_78090_7.pdf |date=June 28, 2011 }}, Michigan Education and Children's Services 11. ^Accredited and Non-Accredited Colleges and Universities, "Maine's List of Non-Accredited Post-Secondary Schools" 12. ^Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106012006/http://www.hecb.wa.gov/autheval/daa/ConsumerInformation.asp |date=January 6, 2008 }}, Washington Consumer Information 13. ^Use of False or Misleading Degrees Nevada statute NRS 394.700 14. ^1 Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 15. ^[https://archive.is/20121208222357/http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2007/09/28/news/top_story/topstory.txt Two less doctors in the house - Hebert, Wilson back away from Ph.D.'s issued by ‘diploma mills'], by Stephen Palkot, Fort Bend Herald, September 28, 2007 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/faq.html |accessdate=May 31, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830151732/http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/faq.html |archivedate=August 30, 2012 |title=Is Oregon the only state that disallows use of unaccredited degrees?|publisher= Oregon Office of Degree Authorization |date=2012-08-30}} 17. ^{{cite web|last=Willson|first=Nicole|title=Online Diploma Mills: Don't Be Fooled|url=http://www.topmbaconnect.com/mba-ranking/online-mba-ranking-blog/item/135-online-diploma-mills-don-t-be-fooled.html|publisher=Top MBA Connect|accessdate=26 February 2013}} 18. ^Diploma Mills: Purchase Fake Credentials, by Kim Rahn, The Korea Times, August 22, 2007 19. ^Officer has to pay back raise after degree-mill probe, by Aisling Swift, Naples Daily News, May 21, 2006 20. ^‘Diploma mill’ suit settled by boro, cop {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006074949/http://suburban.gmnews.com/news/2005/0505/Front_Page/058.html |date=October 6, 2009 }} by John Dunphy, East Brunswick Sentinel Suburban, 5 May 2005 21. ^{{cite web|last=Malisow|first=Craig|title=First-Degree Fraud|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2006-07-20/news/first-degree-fraud/|publisher=The Houston Press|accessdate=24 February 2013}} 22. ^{{cite web|last=LAWSON|first=JESSICA|title=Diploma mills: How to sniff out a scam|url=http://www.militarytimesedge.com/education/education-strategies-tips/edge_diploma_mills_022212/|publisher=Military Times|accessdate=24 February 2013}} 23. ^ , GetEducated.com, June 9, 2001 24. ^ , AffordableDegrees.com, June 9, 2011 25. ^Chronicle.com, Unmuzzling Diploma Mills: Dog Earns M.B.A. Online, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 23, 2009 26. ^{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/15/pzn.01.html|title=CNN.com - Transcripts|publisher=|accessdate=4 June 2016}} 27. ^1 2 {{cite news | url=http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2066400&SectionID=55| title=700 court cases thrown into doubt by fraudster | publisher=Yorkshire Post | date=22 February 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-03-13}} 28. ^Robert Lewis, The Public Eye: 'Diploma mill' degrees for firefighters cost city $50,000, grand jury says {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019071903/http://www.sacbee.com/626/story/2011619.html |date=2009-10-19 }}, Sacramento Bee, July 9, 2009 29. ^Steve Limtiaco, Palacios: Scrutinize GPD applicants{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Pacific Daily News, June 16, 2010 30. ^{{cite web|title=McCluskey v. Belford University|url=http://www.belfordclassaction.com/2010_06_24.pdf|accessdate=25 February 2013}} 31. ^{{cite web|title=McCluskey v. Belford University|url=http://www.belfordclassaction.com/2010_06_24.pdf|accessdate=25 February 2013}} External links
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