From WIRED: U.S. Officials Sport Fake Degrees

At least 28 high-ranking government officials, including three managers responsible for emergency operations at nuclear facilities, have fake degrees from so-called diploma mills, according to a government report issued Tuesday.

The General Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm, told a Senate committee Wednesday that it found 463 government employees who received degrees from three unaccredited schools: Kennedy-Western University, California Coast University and Pacific Western University.

The investigation, which was prompted by a request from Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), found that these schools -- which charge a flat fee for a degree -- received at least $170,000 in government tuition-reimbursement funds.

The GAO noted that although it was able to identify 28 high-level employees from eight different agencies who had degree-mill diplomas, "this number is believed to be an understatement."

The report (PDF) singled out three National Nuclear Security Administration employees who have top-secret security clearances and "emergency operations responsibilities."

One bought a degree from known diploma mill LaSalle University in Louisiana (not the legitimate LaSalle University in Pennsylvania). Another held a degree from the unaccredited Chadwick University, while the third received a Ph.D. in engineering administration from the unaccredited Columbia Pacific University in 1985, though he completed his class work at the fully accredited George Washington University....MORE

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Who are they?

How well did/do these people perform their jobs?
Another Question #2. Did their 'Higher' education, real or otherwise, help them perform their jobs any better?

A college degree doesn't automatically make you a better or more learned person.