DIPLOMA MILLS:HOWARD P. "BUCK" MCKEON From: Congressional Testimony | Date: September 23, 2004 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
09-23-2004
Opening Statement of Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon Committee on House
Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness
September 23, 2004 Good morning and thank you for joining us today for
this very important hearing on the issue of diploma mills. This hearing
is intended to examine questions about what constitutes a diploma mill
and hear more about the safeguards that currently exist in the law to protect
consumers, taxpayers, and the federal government from the proliferation
and tactics of fraudulent institutions claiming to provide ...

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