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  2. University of the People - Wikipedia

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    University of the People was started by Shai Reshef in January 2009. [2] The university has no campus due to its online distance learning nature; it uses a shared office in California as an office of admission. [3] The first UoPeople students began classes in September 2009, studying for associate and bachelor's degrees in business ...

  3. Climatic Research Unit email controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Climatic Research Unit email controversy (also known as "Climategate") began in November 2009 with the hacking of a server at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) by an external attacker, copying thousands of emails and computer files (the Climatic Research Unit documents) to various internet locations several weeks before the Copenhagen Summit on climate ...

  4. Varsity Blues scandal - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. [1] [2] The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12, 2019, by United States federal prosecutors.

  5. Golden Key International Honour Society - Wikipedia

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    4470 Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Suite 304. Dunwoody, Georgia 30338. United States. Website. Official website. The Golden Key International Honour Society (formerly Golden Key National Honor Society) is an Atlanta, Georgia -based non-profit organization [1] founded in 1977 to recognize academic achievement among college and university students.

  6. Madoff investment scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. [1] In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former Nasdaq chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion ...

  7. Legal status of the Universal Life Church - Wikipedia

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    The legal status of the Universal Life Church encompasses a collection of court decisions and state executive branch pronouncements determining what rights the Universal Life Church (ULC) and comparable organizations have as religious organizations. With respect to the validity of ordinations for the purposes of those ordained performing ...

  8. Columbia University - Wikipedia

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    Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private, Ivy League, research university in New York City.Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States and is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

  9. Bogus colleges in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Bogus colleges in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom a bogus college is a fake college or university used as part of an immigration and visa scam, whereby people from overseas can apply for a British student visa and illegally reside in the United Kingdom. [1] They have also been set up as a money making scam, selling fake qualifications ...