Cool

Maybe I could be a brain surgeon after all.

It is difficult to pin down how many diploma mills exist, or how many bogus degrees are bought each year, said George Gollin, a board member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the federal government's recognized authority on accrediting agencies. But Gollin, who assisted investigators in the case, estimated that such companies sold 100,000 to 200,000 phony degrees a year.

[From U.S. diploma-buying case raises terrorism concerns - International Herald Tribune]

Don't laugh. And by the way, you may not know this but 50% of all new doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class.