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-- "Wyoming's 11 Distance-Learning Schools: Cutting-Edge Education
or Diploma Mill?"
Because of its loose regulations, some say that Wyoming has
become a hotbed for unaccredited online institutions with
dubious educational standards. But lawmakers are divided on
whether the state should demand that its private colleges gain
accreditation.
<http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0131degreesofdoubt-ON.html>

-- "Cut-Rate Diplomas: How Doubts About the Government's Own 'Dr.
Laura' Exposed a Resume-Fraud Scandal"
The deputy chief information officer for the Department of
Homeland Security found her career collapsing when it was
discovered that she had purchased her Ph.D. from Hamilton
University, an unaccredited diploma mill in Wyoming. (Reason)
<http://www.reason.com/0501/fe.ps.cut.shtml>

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-- No dollar left behind
Federal law spawns opportunity for private sector to cash in
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TV commentator Armstrong Williams pocketed $241,000 to shill for No Child
Left Behind. But he=E2=80=99s far from alone in cashing in on the=
 centerpiece of
President Bush=E2=80=99s education program. The law is a gold mine for many
looking to make a buck.
Consider:
=95Junk bond king Michael Milken now sees dollars in the classroom. HHe is=
 the
largest investor in for-profit education companies, according to the New
York Times. LeapFrog Enterprises, one of those investments, markets its
products as a tie-in with Reading First grants, a cornerstone of the No
Child Left Behind law.  (Read the rest of the article)

-- U.S. students say press freedoms go too far
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-01-30-students-press_x.htm>
One in three U.S. high school students say the press ought to be more
restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper
stories before readers see them, according to a survey being released today.
The survey of 112,003 students finds that 36% believe newspapers should get
"government approval" of stories before publishing; 51% say they should be
able to publish freely; 13% have no opinion.
Asked whether the press enjoys "too much freedom," not enough or about the
right amount, 32% say "too much," and 37% say it has the right amount. Ten
percent say it has too little.
The survey of First Amendment rights was commissioned by the John S. and
James L. Knight Foundation and conducted last spring by the University of
Connecticut. It also questioned 327 principals and 7,889 teachers.

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