UC Irvine teacher busted for having a diploma mill PhD (and diploma mills in general)

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From http://www.newu.uci.edu/article.php?id=2090

John Stupar is a full-time lecturer in the School of Engineering and teaches upper-division writing courses that focus on ethics and communication. On page 167 of UCI’s 2003-04 General Catalogue, Stupar is listed as having a Ph.D. from the University of Devonshire.

“Inside Edition,” a nationally syndicated newsmagazine program, first revealed Stupar’s Ph.D. from the University of Devonshire on a May 7 edition of the show.

A simple keyword search on any Internet search engine reveals dozens of Web sites that list the University of Devonshire as a diploma mill. Oregon, which has one of the strictest policies on degree accreditation, lists the University of Devonshire as a diploma mill and on its list of degrees that are illegal to use in its state.

My question is who the hell still buys stuff from a diploma mill? It's not like it's hard to determine the legitimacy of it these days.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 01:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Choice bit:

“I guess the only irony there is, is that he’s an ethics professor and this fake diploma thing is unethical,” Maria said. “Nonetheless, I still think he’s a good professor.”

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

B-b-but she learned so much!

― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 01:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Stating the obvious, but you don't need a PhD to be a good teacher.

― Prude (Prude), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Stating the obvious, but you don't need a PhD to be a good teacher.

Stating the obvious, but I would be mighty pissed off if I had a legitimate PhD and I lost a lecturer position to someone with false credentials.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I just want honorary degrees. Imagine the professors at a college that only had faculty with honorary degrees?

― aimurchie, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't say anything about losing a job to someone with a bogus degree, ET. Yes, that's shitty. I'm just saying it's not completely out of the realm of possibility that a student learned something from someone without a doctorate.

― Prude (Prude), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

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