New online university promises to send great education from U.S. to developing nations, but critics fear it’s a new diploma mill

Inside Higher Ed: Unwanted Export?

A new online university is set to open its virtual doors on June 1, promising to provide free tuition to 150 students from developing nations. A number of circumstances surrounding the program — including an empty headquarters in Washington, accreditation from a self-proclaimed autonomous government operating in Italy, and a Web site based in the French Antarctic — have several real-life diploma mill experts raising caution flags.

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