On 5 September 2022, Samith Mapalagama (46), the director of a sanitary ware company, was scrolling through his Facebook feed, when a message popped up. The sender was a local representative of a university based in the US.
His message read: “We offer honorary doctorate degrees. If you are a professional you can get the degree. Next graduation on November 6, 2022 (at) Taj Samudra Hotel. Cost only LKR 390,000. This is [sic] value-added qualifications to your life”.
According to company records in the US State of Delaware, accessed by the author, this university was among three entities that shared an agent based in Sussex, England. All three universities were set up in 2019 – two of them on the same day................
Full article :
https://roar.media/english/life/insights/phds-for-sale-the-fake-doctorates
His message read: “We offer honorary doctorate degrees. If you are a professional you can get the degree. Next graduation on November 6, 2022 (at) Taj Samudra Hotel. Cost only LKR 390,000. This is [sic] value-added qualifications to your life”.
According to company records in the US State of Delaware, accessed by the author, this university was among three entities that shared an agent based in Sussex, England. All three universities were set up in 2019 – two of them on the same day................
Full article :
https://roar.media/english/life/insights/phds-for-sale-the-fake-doctorates
