教你識別外國的野雞大學

唐駿的學歷造假風波還未平息，《非誠勿擾》嘉賓主持樂嘉又被爆學歷造假。據說樂嘉畢業的美國阿姆斯壯大學，和唐駿的西太平洋大學一樣，都是“野雞大學”。野雞大學，泛指任何不受官方機構承認的大學，英文是diploma mill或者degree mill，直譯過來就是“文憑工廠”，足可見其性質……下面就來看看野雞大學的十大特徵，可不要再被它們忽悠了~

1、They lack accreditation by a nationally recognized accrediting agency. Some institutions base their assertions of academic legitimacy on claims of affiliation with respected organizations (such as UNESCO) that are not engaged in school accreditation.
未受國家認可的高校鑑定機構認證。某些野雞大學聲稱它們是由諸如聯合國教科文組織這樣威望很高的組織認證的，但其實這些組織跟學校的認證沒有半毛錢關係。

2、No teaching facilities — the address is a postal box or suite numbers.
沒有校園——它們的地址是郵箱編號或房間號。

3、Name of institution is deceptively similar to well known reputable universities.
野雞大學的名字往往跟某些知名大學很接近，以混淆視聽。

4、Degrees can be obtained within a few days, weeks or months from the time of enrollment.
幾個月、幾周甚至幾天之內就能拿到學位。

5、Either there are no faculty members or they hold advanced degrees from the institution itself or from other diploma mills.
沒有師資，或者教師們同樣是從野雞大學畢業的。

6、Academic credit is offered for "life experience," and this is featured heavily in the selling points of the institution.
根據學生“人生經歷”頒發學位——這甚至是它們的賣點。

7、Tuition and fees are charged on a per-degree basis rather than on a per-term or per-course basis.
根據學位來收學費，而不是根據學期或課程。

8、Doctoral theses and dissertations are not available from University Microfilms International or a national repository or even the institution's own library, if it has one.
無法在國際或國內的論文庫裏查詢到該校學生的博士學位論文，甚至在它自己的圖書管裏也查不到——如果它有圖書館的話。

9、Promotional literature contains grammatical and spelling errors, words in Latin, extravagant or pretentious language, and sample diplomas. The school's website looks amateurish or unprofessionally made.
宣傳材料裏有語法錯誤或錯別字，喜歡用拉丁文，語言華而不實，還喜歡展示學位證書的樣本。學校的網站看起來很山寨。

10、The school is advertised using e-mail spam (unsolicited electronic mail) or other questionable methods.
通過垃圾郵件或其他不靠譜的手段進行宣傳。