Hundreds of foreign students in a joint degree program at a North Dakota state university were admitted despite lacking credentials and awarded degrees without completing coursework, an audit of the program has showed.
According to a review of the procedures in place for certain international programs at Dickinson State University, just 10 of the 410 foreign students awarded joint degrees since 2003 actually fulfilled all required course work.
The majority of the degrees in question were granted to Chinese students, the remainder to Russian students, according to the report.
Most of the students' files were also missing general administrative paper work including enrollment transcripts, partner campus documents, course substitution forms and language proficiency evaluations, the report said.
The audit finding, released Friday, is the second black mark on the US higher education system in as many weeks. Just two weeks ago, Claremont McKenna College in California disclosed it had inflated the standardized test scores of incoming freshman in a bid to boost its reputation.
The audit conducted by the North Dakota State University System and the State Board of Higher Education showed "seriously lacking controls and oversight" of these international degree programs.
"Several process level controls have been waived or controls that were once in place have been intentionally overridden or ignored, threatening the overall compliance of the program," the report said.
According to the audit results, the school did not verify students were completing general education classes and degrees were awarded with out sufficient credits completed.
Of the 816 students enrolled in the special international programs since 2003, the review found 743 files in question, the results showed.
Stopping the programs, reworking policies and procedures, accepting only official-sealed transcripts and reviewing agreements with foreign student recruiters were among the recommendations presented to Dickinson State.
(Read by Nelly Min. Nelly Min is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)
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近日,一项对美国北达科他州狄克森州立大学的审计报告发现,该校一项联合学位计划录取了数百名不具备入学资格的外国学生,并且在学生没有完成课程的情况下授予学位。
根据这项针对狄克森州立大学特定国际招生项目的审计报告,自2003年开始,这所大学410名被授予学位的外国学生中,只有10个人真正完成了所有必需的课程。
这一审计报告指出,大多数“问题学位”被授予了中国学生,其余的则被授予了俄罗斯学生。
审计报告中还披露,大部分学生档案缺乏普通的行政性文件,包括入学成绩单、对口学校的文件、替代课程的相关表格、语言能力评估等等。
上周五公布的这份审计报告是近期以来美国高等教育中的第二起丑闻事件。就在两周前,加州克莱蒙特-麦肯纳学院曾曝出类似丑闻,该校为了扩大声誉,提高了新生的标准化考试成绩。
由美国北达科他州立大学系统和北达科他州高等教育委员会进行的审计指出,这些国际学位项目“极度缺乏控制和监管”。
报告称:“许多监管程序被弃之不顾,诸多控制措施被人为拒绝或忽略,威胁到了项目的整体承诺。”
根据审计报告,学校并未核实学生完成通识教育课程,没有完成学分的学生也被授予了学位。
据查,2003年起,共有816名学生参与了该校的国际课程,然而经调查后发现,其中743名学生的档案文件存在问题。
提交给该大学的建议包括:暂停国际合作项目、修订政策和程序、只接受官方认可的成绩单、重审与留学生招生人员的协议等等。
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