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| Colby Nolan belongs to a deputy attorney general. In looking to expose Trinity Southern University for fraud, some undercover agents had the then six-year-old Colby Nolan obtain a bachelor's degree in business administration for ]299. On the cat's application, the agents claimed that the cat had previously taken courses at a community college, worked at a fast-food restaurant, babysat, and maintained a newspaper route. Then the school informed Colby that, due to the job experience listed on his application, he was eligible for an executive MBA for $100 more. The agents then sent for Colby's ], which claimed that Nolan had a 3.5 ]. | Colby Nolan belongs to a deputy attorney general. In looking to expose Trinity Southern University for fraud, some undercover agents had the then six-year-old Colby Nolan obtain a bachelor's degree in business administration for ]299. On the cat's application, the agents claimed that the cat had previously taken courses at a community college, worked at a fast-food restaurant, babysat, and maintained a newspaper route. Then the school informed Colby that, due to the job experience listed on his application, he was eligible for an executive MBA for $100 more. The agents then sent for Colby's ], which claimed that Nolan had a 3.5 ]. | ||
| ], Pennsylvania's attorney general, filed a lawsuit against Trinity Southern University upon learning that the cat had received the degree<ref>{{cite news | url = http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6664906/ | title = School that awarded MBA to cat sued | publisher = ] | date = ] }}</ref>. In the lawsuit, Pappert also told the diploma mill, which had used ] to sell degrees, to provide restitution to anyone who had ordered a degree from them. | ], Pennsylvania's attorney general, filed a lawsuit against Trinity Southern University upon learning that the cat had received the degree<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.quackwatch.org/02ConsumerProtection/AG/PA/tsu.html | title = Trinity Southern University Sued by Pennsylvania Attorney General | publisher = ] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6664906/ | title = School that awarded MBA to cat sued | publisher = ] | date = ] }}</ref>. In the lawsuit, Pappert also told the diploma mill, which had used ] to sell degrees, to provide restitution to anyone who had ordered a degree from them. | ||
| Since 2005 Trinity Southern University's website at www.trinitysouthernuniversity.org is offline. | Since 2005 Trinity Southern University's website at www.trinitysouthernuniversity.org is offline. | ||
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Colby Nolan is a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004 by Trinity Southern University, a Texas-based diploma mill, sparking a fraud lawsuit by the Pennsylvania attorney general's office.
Colby Nolan belongs to a deputy attorney general. In looking to expose Trinity Southern University for fraud, some undercover agents had the then six-year-old Colby Nolan obtain a bachelor's degree in business administration for $299. On the cat's application, the agents claimed that the cat had previously taken courses at a community college, worked at a fast-food restaurant, babysat, and maintained a newspaper route. Then the school informed Colby that, due to the job experience listed on his application, he was eligible for an executive MBA for $100 more. The agents then sent for Colby's transcript, which claimed that Nolan had a 3.5 grade point average.
Jerry Pappert, Pennsylvania's attorney general, filed a lawsuit against Trinity Southern University upon learning that the cat had received the degree. In the lawsuit, Pappert also told the diploma mill, which had used e-mail spam to sell degrees, to provide restitution to anyone who had ordered a degree from them.
Since 2005 Trinity Southern University's website at www.trinitysouthernuniversity.org is offline.
Similar events
On December 11, 1967, The Times reported that Oliver Greenhalgh had been accepted as a Fellow of the English Association of Estate Agents and Valuers, after a payment of eleven guineas (his two references were not taken up). Oliver Greenhalgh was a cat belonging to Michael Greenhalgh, a cameraman with Television Wales and the West who were investigating bogus professional associations.
Ben Goldacre, the UK-based science journalist, obtained a diploma in nutrition for his late cat, Henrietta, while investigating the qualifications of Gillian McKeith.
See also
References
- "Cat Gets MBA Degree—Kitty Also Had A 3.5 GPA". Money—NBC10.com. NBC. 2004-12-06.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Trinity Southern University Sued by Pennsylvania Attorney General". Quackwatch.
- "School that awarded MBA to cat sued". MSNBC. 2004-12-07.
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