Let that be a Lesson to You!

It's not just D.C., it's everywhere. When I was still in the field of academe, I don't recall anyone's credentials EVER being checked. I sat on several hiring committees and went through the process of being hired by colleges and universities a couple of times myself. References are called and if those come back well, the person's resume' is taken at face value. The one exception I encountered to this was the Federal government (believe it or not). They required that the applicant for a professional position send a sealed copy of their college transcripts along with the application forms.

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by marichiko

It's not just D.C., it's everywhere.

True, but DC raises shit like this to an art form--on the federal AND local levels.

[Scopulus Argentarius]

Originally Posted by sycamore

True, but DC raises shit like this to an art form--on the federal AND local levels.

DC should be vacated....

Shit! This depresses me.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Wait a minute;

Last year, the District school system's personnel office reduced Durham's pay from $115,226 to $113,751 after learning that she did not hold a doctorate, but wrote to Durham that "this error is not of your doing.

Seems to me it's not her fault, someone else, like a clerk or something, screwed up. I think it's reasonable that she not notice a 1.3% pay error after deductions and stuff. The pay level is evidently based on education level and automatic. Doesn't seem to be a fraud unless they screwed up her records and she noticed it but rather than correcting it, took advantage to get a better job.
either way, I wouldn't blow up DC for that. There are plenty of other reasons to, though.