diploma mill

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: a usually unregulated institution of higher education granting degrees with few or no academic requirements

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In the last decade much has been written about diploma mills: schools that teach nothing, yet graduate their students, many of whom just happen to be elite athletes. — Pete Thamel, SI.com, "Why top college basketball prospects are forgoing traditional high schools to join superteams," 22 June 2016

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