The legality of earning a degree from an unaccredited private college that uses “life experience” to grant diplomas
Academic institutions are required to issue academic certificates to people who have attained the requirements of receiving such awards. Getting a degree based on life experience is one of the many cases, which violate academic procedures. A degree should be awarded based on the amount of academic content acquired by a person from an institution. The experience cannot be quantified unless a person undergoes academic tests to ascertain that. Therefore, getting a degree through life experience is an illegal practice. This was observed by the manager in charge of privacy and compliance in Stratified Custom Manufacturing (Whitman & Mattord, 2011).
The ethical issues behind paying for and receiving such a degree
The awarding of degrees based on the amount of life experience is an ethical issue. It requires a critical look. Degrees are supposed to be awarded to people who merit; people who have gone through the education system and are qualified to get the degree. The merit of people holding degrees that are based on life experience is questionable. This issue can be looked at from two perspectives. The first perspective centers on the people registering and paying for such degrees. They later use the said degrees to secure jobs. Several aspects of an ethical breach can be seen. They include the buying of qualification to get employed. People have to learn to qualify in different fields. The second perspective centers on the authenticity of the college offering such degrees. The motive of the college could be to make money easily without investing in the right academic practices
References
Whitman, M. E., & Mattord, H. J. (2011). Readings and cases in information security: Law and ethics. Boston, MA: Course Technology, Cengage Learning.