Dear TRS,
I came across this news about a foreigner who is working as a Senior Lecturer in Ngee Ann Polytechnic despite having a degree from a degree mill. His name is Marc Jonet and he hold a Masters' degree from Breyer State University. Here is his LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/pub/marc-jonet/30/32b/b80. Here is the link to show that he is a Senior Lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic: http://www.np.edu.sg/fms/aboutus/staff/Pages/ima.aspx
From its wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breyer_State_University), the following lines can be found:
"Breyer State University, also called Breyer State University-Alabama, is an unaccredited distance education, for profit, private university that formerly operated in the U.S. states of Idaho and Alabama and now reports a location in Panama. It has been described by The New Republic magazine as adiploma mill that "claimed official-sounding accreditation to attract hundreds of people to obtain degrees".
Here is another source which states that Breyer State University is a degree mill: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101025210718AA7IwjE
Here is a complaint by a US citizen about Breyer State University being a degree mill: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Breyer-State-University/internet/Breyer-State-University-Waste-of-time-misrepresents-accreditation-Internet-380245
"In 2007, Breyer State reported that it had more than 120 contracted faculty.[11] In 2008 the Alabama Community College System reported the finding that "many" of the faculty members' degrees "did not come from accredited institutions."[6]
A July 2008 news release by the Alabama Community College System that announced an initiative to rid the state of fraudulent institutions stated that some of the closed institutions, "notablyColumbus University and Breyer State University – were operating apparent diploma mills and taking shameful advantage of hundreds of unsuspecting students."[6]"
Source: http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/breyer_state_university
As of now, there is no update.
TRS Contributor