USA university sold hundreds of fake degrees and sucide when caught

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美一大学颁400假文凭 副校长辞职教务主任自杀
2012年02月15日 08:00:47
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狄克森州立大学校徽。

狄克森州立大学2011年的毕业典礼。（图文无关）

　　副校长辞职 教务主任自杀 获颁假文凭的外国留学生95%来自中国

　　美国北达科他州狄克森州立大学涉嫌向400多名外国留学生颁发假文凭。这些留学生大部分来自中国。

　　审计报告公布后，副校长已提交辞呈，另有一位教务主任自杀身亡，这名主任生前管理的商业课程有多名获得假文凭的留学生参加。

　　大部分是中国留学生

　　审计报告显示，自2003年以来，共有816名学生参与了该校的国际课程，经调查后发现，其中743名学生的档案文件存在问题。在410位获得狄克森州立大学及他们的母校联合颁发的文凭当中，只有10位留学生真正完成取得文凭所需要的课程和学分。这410名留学生当中，95%来自中国，其余的来自俄罗斯。此外，在120名在读学生中，仅39名学生修完所有课程，并有资格获取学位。

　　报告说，“招生中的不少硬性要求被人为降低，甚至对一些造假行为视而不见。更重要的是，在颁发毕业证书时也采取了不负责任的方式。”这导致学校成为“文凭工厂”。

　　校长威廉·哥茨表示，这些学生的文凭将被撤销。不过，学校保留这些学生重新通过正规途径获得文凭的权利。“显然，他们没有完成学业要求，但是却取得了文凭。”哥茨说，“我们将给予他们机会，重新完成学业要求。”（熙怡）

　　副校长辞职 教务主任自杀

　　审计报告在2月11日公布后，狄克森州立大学负责管理相关项目的副校长乔恩·布鲁德维格即时提交辞呈。但校长威廉·哥茨表示，负责学校教学事务的副校长乔恩找到另一份工作之前，将继续留在学校协助工作。

　　此外，在审计报告公布之后，狄克森州立大学教务主任、教育、商务与应用科学学院院长道格·拉普兰缇教授突然身亡，从外表迹象显示他死于自杀。目前还不确定拉普兰缇之死与审计报告公布是否有关。报告中并未提及拉普兰缇，但是很多涉嫌获得假文凭的外国留学生参加了他生前主管的商业课程。

　　目前，当局还没有决定对狄克森州立大学相关教职员工采取什么样的处理措施。有报道称，学校可能将为此受到来自美国国务院、教育部、国土安全部、高等教育委员会的多重处罚。

　　狄克森州立大学在发布的声明中称，他们正推行一系列整改措施，包括关闭或缩减涉及留学生的课程；暂停发放问题学生的学位直至所有文件补全；终止与海外留学机构的合作项目等等。

　　该校将联合北达科他州大学系统以及高等教育州立委员会，确保以后的入学监管及学位发放不再发生问题，并计划重新修订入学政策、程序，同时承诺将只接受官方认可并推荐的留学生。 （熙怡）

　　127份国际学校协议取消

　　本报讯 审计报告还指出，许多国际学生缺乏必要的入学条件，有的没有银行资产证明，或提供了伪造的大学成绩单。一些学生没有英语能力证明，甚至不会说英语，但仍然被招生部门批准入学。

　　报告建议狄克森州立大学先取消与海外大学签署的127份合作协议。审计官员发现，很多参与签订协议的海外学院缺乏有效的注册程序和校址，也没有详细的教学计划。

　　校长威廉·哥茨出任北达科他州高校系统首席负责人五年，将于今年8月退休。北达科他州高校系统包括6家四年制大学和5家两年制学院，目前总共吸收4.9万名学生。

　　其中，狄克森州立大学是一所公立综合性大学，目前拥有约2700名本科学生。该校采取学期制，分春、秋两学期。可授予副学士和学士学位。共设有29个4年制本科专业，3个2年制大专专业和19个职前教育专业。 （熙怡）

 

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US unis confers 410 degrees; 10 valid

by: James MacPherson
From: AP
February 14, 2012 12:00AM

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NO immediate discipline is planned for any Dickinson State University employees in the wake of an audit determining the school awarded hundreds of degrees to foreign students who didn't earn them, the chancellor of North Dakota's university system.

However, the university vice president in charge of overseeing the program in which the students studied resigned Friday after the audit was released. Jon Brudvig, Dickinson State's vice president for academic affairs, will continue to work at the university in a yet-to-be determined role while he looks for another job, chancellor William Goetz said.

Goetz wouldn't discuss whether the apparent suicide of university administrator Doug LaPlante was connected to the audit's Friday release. The audit didn't mention LaPlante, but many affected students studied in the business program he led.

LaPlante and many other university officials were told about the audit before it was released last Friday morning, but no one faced immediate sanctions as a result of its findings, he said.
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The audit determined only 10 of the 410 foreign students who earned joint degrees from Dickinson State and the students' home universities since 2003 had completed all their requirements.

Most were Chinese and the rest were Russian.

Goetz said hundreds of students may have their degrees revoked, but they will receive the opportunity to legitimately earn them.

``Certainly they did not meet the requirements of the degree that was granted them,'' Goetz said. ``We will grant them the opportunity to fulfill those requirements.''

The report also recommended Dickinson State cancel the 127 agreements it has with international schools pending a fresh evaluation of each. It found many of the agreements weren't properly registered with the appropriate university office and didn't contain detailed implementation plans.

Goetz is retiring in August, when he finishes his fifth year as the North Dakota university system's top administrator. The system includes six four-year universities and five two-year colleges, an enrolment of almost 49,000 students.

 

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N. Dakota College Shaken by False Degrees
By AP / JAMES MacPHERSON Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

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(BISMARCK, N.D.) — No immediate discipline is planned for any Dickinson State University employees in the wake of an audit determining the school awarded hundreds of degrees to foreign students who didn't earn them, the chancellor of North Dakota's university system said Saturday.

However, the university vice president in charge of overseeing the program in which the students studied resigned Friday after the audit was released. Jon Brudvig, Dickinson State's vice president for academic affairs, will continue to work at the university in a yet-to-be determined role while he looks for another job, Chancellor William Goetz told The Associated Press.

The audit did not mention Brudvig by name, and Goetz said his resignation wasn't requested. "It was a decision (Brudvig) made not to continue with those responsibilities," he said. "It was his decision." (MORE: After Leaving College in 1932, 99-Year-Old Man Finally Gets His Degree)

Goetz wouldn't discuss whether the apparent suicide of university administrator Doug LaPlante was connected to the audit's Friday release. The audit didn't mention LaPlante, but many affected students studied in the business program he led.

LaPlante, 59, the dean of Dickinson State's college of education, business and applied sciences, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday afternoon near an intersection. "I cannot say whether his unfortunate death may have had anything to do with the audit," Goetz said.

LaPlante and many other university officials were told about the audit before it was released Friday morning, but no one faced immediate sanctions as a result of its findings, he said. "I won't draw any conclusions at this time," Goetz said. "We certainly want to make certain issues are handled appropriately."

The audit determined only 10 of the 410 foreign students who earned joint degrees from Dickinson State and the students' home universities since 2003 had completed all their requirements. Most were Chinese, it said. The rest were Russian.

Goetz said hundreds of students may have their degrees revoked, but they will receive the opportunity to legitimately earn them. "Certainly they did not meet the requirements of the degree that was granted them," Goetz said. "We will grant them the opportunity to fulfill those requirements."

The report also recommended Dickinson State cancel the 127 agreements it has with international schools pending a fresh evaluation of each. It found many of the agreements weren't properly registered with the appropriate university office and didn't contain detailed implementation plans.

Goetz is retiring in August, when he finishes his fifth year as the North Dakota university system's top administrator. The system includes six four-year universities and five two-year colleges, an enrollment of almost 49,000 students. Goetz is a former state lawmaker and administrator at Dickinson State.

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Chancellor: Dickinson St. will repair reputation


The chancellor of North Dakota's university system says Dickinson State University's practice of giving degrees to foreign students who didn't earn them is not widespread.
William Goetz says the problem was limited almost exclusively to students from China who attended Dickinson State.
An audit says in the last eight years, 400 of 410 foreign students who have gotten diplomas at Dickinson State didn't finish their degree work.
Goetz says the problems don't apply to every Dickinson State student, or to students in other colleges in North Dakota's university system.
Goetz says former Dickinson State vice president for academic affairs Richard Brauhn has agreed to take the job again after Jon Brudvig resigned.
University student registrar Marshall Melbye has retired, and administrator Steve Glasser has resigned.

 

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