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from: Fake Degrees Online – Hardly Worth the Paper They are Printed On
With the growing trend of earning degrees online, there has also been a growing trend of fraudulent companies out to take your money. Before you look into psychology degree programs online, you have to know what you are getting to avoid purchasing one of the many fake degrees online.
Online psychology degree programs have jumped in popularity quite rapidly. The Internet is now readily available in most homes and at most jobs, people find that they can earn their degrees at their own pace and without leaving their current jobs. As the popularity continues to increase, more and more universities are starting to offer programs online. However, there has also been an increase in the number of “diploma mills” offering fake degrees online.
As with any other business, universities have to sustain a profit in order to keep up with their competition. You will find that the cost may vary greatly from school to school when you research psychology degree programs. Legitimate universities have found that offering online courses means that they have to pay less for infrastructural expenditures, and that they can reach a whole new student base around the world. “Diploma mills”, on the other hand, see it as an opportunity to get rich quick by offering fake degrees online. They may offer the fake degrees online at a lower cost, but to you it is just throwing your money away in exchange for a pretty piece of paper.
The main way that you can tell the difference from fake degrees online and valid psychology degree programs is the type of requirements that the school has. Those in the business of passing out fake degrees online are focused mainly in getting them out as quickly as possible. Instead of requiring you to complete coursework, they may offer you credit for life experience. Essentially, everyone who can afford the price is given a diploma, and for a few dollars more you could even graduate with honors. Practical experience is not an issue at all.
The problem for the students who are looking for legitimate online psychology degree programs and end up getting duped and paying for fake degrees online is that life experience is not always acceptable by state and federal laws. When they go out to look for a job, they may not be accepted or they may not be held with as high of a regard as students that attended a traditional university. In some states, even legitimate online psychology degree programs may not qualify for licensure.
When you start looking for a school to take psychology degree programs from, there is a quick way to start to weed out the fake degrees online. Look at the actual web address. These are usually offered by The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which is the organization that gives out domain names. Schools that are accredited will have .edu as part of their web address. Schools offering fake degrees online may not. You can also check the U.S. Department of Education’s list of accredited schools to see if the particular school is listed.
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