Edward Ervin knew within weeks of receiving his online high school "diploma" that something was wrong, but he never imagined that his months of hard work were in vain. The 27-year-old Jackson man, who ...

The woman convicted in federal court of making millions by selling bogus online diplomas and college degrees is now working as an online psychic, promising to bring “amazingly accurate” answers to ...

It’s time to head back to school for many students and the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers against online programs that offer fast and easy high school diplomas or college degrees. As ...

SALISBURY — To give students flexibility en route to graduation, East Rowan High School hopes to start a virtual academy next year that would offer online-only diplomas. As part of Rowan-Salisbury ...

Cross-posted from the Marketplace K-12 blog. A federal court judge in Florida has temporarily closed a pair of organizations that the Federal Trade Commission alleges have operated as “diploma mills,” ...

So now it seems another industry has sprung up to meet demands. And exploit desperation. Florida Trend magazine recently investigated the rise of online correspondence and online high schools in the ...

DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - Inside a high-rise, just off Sherry Lane in University Park, the CBS 11 I-Team expected to find Roosevelt High School. The address on the online school's website, listed it as ...

In September, the Federal Trade Commission shut down an online high school diploma mill that had been conferring degrees from various entities since 2006. The fraudulent diplomas required completion ...

Getting an online high school diploma might sound like a good idea, if it weren’t for the fact that you could get a diploma that is not worth the paper it is printed on. NBC 6 Investigators decided to ...

Diploma mills are an old problem. The advent of the Internet has made it immeasurably easier to reach likely buyers, however, and also to close down old aliases and set up shop under new ones, the ...