Flashcards: Résumé frauds and controversies

Lena Guerrero Aguirre (November 27, 1957 – April 24, 2008), known as Lena Guerrero, was the first woman and the first person of ethnic minority background to have served on the Texas Railroad Commission, an elected body that currently regulates the oil and natural gas industry.

A diploma mill (also known as a degree mill) is a company or organization that claims to be a higher education institution but which offers illegitimate academic degrees and diplomas for a fee.

Linda West is a Canadian administrator, activist and politician.

A. (Albert) Michael DeSisto (May 29, 1939 – November 1, 2003) was an American educator best known for founding and directing the DeSisto Schools.

Ayla Malik (Urdu:عائلہ ملک) is a Pakistani politician and journalist who served as the Member of National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 on a reserved seat for women.

Breyer State University, also called Breyer State University-Alabama, is an unaccredited distance education, for profit, private university that formerly operated in the U.

Paul H. Boucher (January 9, 1931 – March 24, 2003) was an American city manager who served as town manager of Saugus, Massachusetts, and village manager of Ellenville, New York, and Maywood, Illinois.

Carlos Gershenson (born September 29, 1978) is a Mexican researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Elizabeth Mary "Liz" Ready (pronounced "reedy") is a Vermont politician who served as Auditor of Accounts from 2001 to 2005.

Gillian McKeith (born 28 September 1959) is a Scottish television presenter and writer.

Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954) is a former American journalist.

Timothy Francis "Tim" Ball (born November 5, 1938) is a Canadian geographer.

He was born and grew up in Östergötland, where he was active in the Moderate Youth League from an early stage.

Job fraud refers to fraudulent or deceptive activity or representation on the part of an employee or prospective employee toward an employer.

Axact (Urdu: ایگزیکٹ‎) is a Pakistani software company that runs numerous websites selling fake academic degrees.

George Joseph O'Leary (born August 17, 1946) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator.

Stephen Masiello (born September 2, 1977) is an American college basketball coach and a former player.

Scott Thompson (born November 13, 1957) is an American businessman, and currently CEO of ShopRunner.

Madison University is a non-accredited distance learning college located in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Rochville University is an online diploma mill offering a "Life Experience Degree, and Certificate Program" without coursework or prior transcript evaluation.

Michael DeWayne Brown (born November 8, 1954) served as the first Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Miguel Fernando Cassola de Miranda Relvas (born September 5, 1961) was a Portuguese politician who served as a minister of Parliamentary Affairs (2011–13).

Marcus Richard Einfeld (born 22 September 1938) is most notable as the first Australian former superior court judge to be imprisoned.

Marilee Jones (born June 12, 1951) is a former dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the co-author of the popular guide to the college admission process Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006).

Mark Victor Hansen (born January 8, 1948)is an American inspirational and motivational speaker, trainer and author.

Buxton University was an unaccredited vendor of distance education that used a postal address in the United Kingdom.

David James Southwick (born 31 March 1968) is an Australian politician, and has been the member for Caulfield in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010.

Jack J. Pelton is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association and the former CEO of Cessna Aircraft Company.

Sanjeev Ganesh Naik (born 15 April 1972) is an Indian politician, who became the first mayor of the satellite city of Navi Mumbai at the age of 23.