Welcome back to "Tales from the Diploma Mills," and today's episode is a hot one! You'll recall how we spoke before of CEO's of major corporations, government officials, and best selling authors who all decided that school -- but not the diploma, was for clueless morons.
Here's a fun experiment -- next time you're in New York, drop by the library at NYU, and ask to see a copy of former Federal Reserve Board of Governors chairman Alan Greenspan's Ph.D. dissertation. Since he was awarded a Ph.D. from that institution in 1977 (not an "honorary doctorate" -- the real deal) you'd think they would have a copy. Nope. Anyone else? Nope. Greenspan himself? He's not talking about it. How long did he attend NYU? According to this article -- which is the primary source for this blog entry -- about three months.
I'm sure there's a perfectly honest, reasonably explanation for all this, and that Greenspan is not a lying fraud. Perhaps the article is a bit -- to use "Dr." Greenspan's own words -- "frothy" in it's conclusions. I hope so. Make up your own mind by reading the source article. Too bad I can't link to a certain 1977 Ph.D. thesis to provide some balance.
Here's a fun experiment -- next time you're in New York, drop by the library at NYU, and ask to see a copy of former Federal Reserve Board of Governors chairman Alan Greenspan's Ph.D. dissertation. Since he was awarded a Ph.D. from that institution in 1977 (not an "honorary doctorate" -- the real deal) you'd think they would have a copy. Nope. Anyone else? Nope. Greenspan himself? He's not talking about it. How long did he attend NYU? According to this article -- which is the primary source for this blog entry -- about three months.
I'm sure there's a perfectly honest, reasonably explanation for all this, and that Greenspan is not a lying fraud. Perhaps the article is a bit -- to use "Dr." Greenspan's own words -- "frothy" in it's conclusions. I hope so. Make up your own mind by reading the source article. Too bad I can't link to a certain 1977 Ph.D. thesis to provide some balance.
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