diploma mill
noun
an organization claiming to be an institution of higher learning but existing for profit only and granting degrees without demanding proper qualifications of the recipients.
a college or university having such a large number of students that none receives individual attention from the teachers.
Origin of diploma mill
1First recorded in 1925–30
- Also called degree mill.
Words Nearby diploma mill
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How to use diploma mill in a sentence
The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.
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