MIT Dean lies on her resume, gets caught, gets fired.

[Darth Mortis]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/ ... index.html


From Zak Sos and Richard Davis
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(CNN) -- The dean of admissions at one of America's most prestigious schools resigned on Thursday after the university discovered she had lied about her academic credentials.

Marilee Jones, who joined the staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979 to lead the recruitment of women at the university, stepped down from her post after admitting that she had "misrepresented her academic degrees to the institute," according to a statement posted on MIT's Web site.

"I misrepresented my academic degrees when I first applied to MIT 28 years ago and did not have the courage to correct my resume when I applied for my current job or at any time since," Jones said in a posting on the school's Web site.

"I am deeply sorry for this and for disappointing so many in the MIT community and beyond who supported me, believed in me, and who have given me extraordinary opportunities."

Patti Richards, spokeswoman for MIT, said the school had received information about Jones' credentials and investigated them. "At various times she claimed to have received degrees from Albany Medical College, Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute, and Union College and we confirmed that she had not graduated from any of these schools."

"This is a sad and unfortunate event," said Daniel E. Hastings, dean for undergraduate education at the Cambridge school, in a Web posting. "But the integrity of the institute is our highest priority, and we cannot tolerate this kind of behavior."

Jones was named dean of admissions at MIT in 1997 and received MIT's highest award for administrators, the "MIT Excellence Award for Leading Change." She was also the 2006 winner of the "Gordon Y Billard Award" given "for special service of outstanding merit" performed for the school.

Stuart Schmill, MIT's senior associate director of admissions, has been named the interim director of admissions.



Jesus Christ, what an idiot. [/u]

[General Zod]

Curious that it doesn't mention exactly how she "misinterpreted" her degree.

[Darth Mortis]

I assume it means she didn't have one in the field you claimed, if at all.

You know, my company evaluates every degreed applicant prior to hire.

[Darth Mortis]

By field you claimed, I meant field she claimed.

[Coyote]

Makes me wonder what started an investigation on her in the first place, after 28 years of work there with, apparantly, no complaints worth mentioning.

Which brings the question-- if someone manages to get hired under fraudulent circumstances, but they do a fine job and everyone's happy, is it worth it to just sweep it under the rug if you're the boss that finds out? Especially after over two decades of work?

Obviously it would make a difference if it was someone practicing medecine without a liscence, etc, but in an office type job where no risk of injury/death to others is a possibility... is the letter of the law necessary in that case?

[General Zod]

Makes me wonder what started an investigation on her in the first place, after 28 years of work there with, apparantly, no complaints worth mentioning.

Which brings the question-- if someone manages to get hired under fraudulent circumstances, but they do a fine job and everyone's happy, is it worth it to just sweep it under the rug if you're the boss that finds out? Especially after over two decades of work?

Obviously it would make a difference if it was someone practicing medecine without a liscence, etc, but in an office type job where no risk of injury/death to others is a possibility... is the letter of the law necessary in that case?

Or they were simply covering their asses and didn't want to risk the possibility of a scandal. Especially if they're concerned about their public image of being an institute of integrity. Imagine how bad it'd look to have someone else uncover the errors -and- the coverup, and go straight to the press with it.

[CmdrWilkens]

Makes me wonder what started an investigation on her in the first place, after 28 years of work there with, apparantly, no complaints worth mentioning.

Which brings the question-- if someone manages to get hired under fraudulent circumstances, but they do a fine job and everyone's happy, is it worth it to just sweep it under the rug if you're the boss that finds out? Especially after over two decades of work?

Obviously it would make a difference if it was someone practicing medecine without a liscence, etc, but in an office type job where no risk of injury/death to others is a possibility... is the letter of the law necessary in that case?

Probably not but with the possibility of lawsuits inthe making from students who were not admitted (claiming they should have been admitted and were denied on whatever spurious reason they think denied them). Anyway if she remained in place then the school would have a damned hard time defending the idea that its admissions process is honest and fair simply because of the dean being an admitted resume padder.

[Sea Skimmer]

Which brings the question-- if someone manages to get hired under fraudulent circumstances, but they do a fine job and everyone's happy, is it worth it to just sweep it under the rug if you're the boss that finds out? Especially after over two decades of work?

Umm, yeah it’s well worth firing her. It makes MIT look very bad and it harms what integrity the US academic process has. Perhaps in a job that wasn’t at a top university it would not matter as much.

[Darth Mortis]

Which brings the question-- if someone manages to get hired under fraudulent circumstances, but they do a fine job and everyone's happy, is it worth it to just sweep it under the rug if you're the boss that finds out? Especially after over two decades of work?

Umm, yeah it’s well worth firing her. It makes MIT look very bad and it harms what integrity the US academic process has. Perhaps in a job that wasn’t at a top university it would not matter as much.

I don't care if it's BumFuck U, she's fired, period.

[kheegster]

I'm somewhat surprised that she got that job at MIT even if the degrees she claimed to have were legitimate. I haven't heard of any of those schools she claimed to have graduated from, and I would expect an elite school like MIT to mainly hire people who went to top schools as well.

[Spin Echo]

Yes! Yes! The useless woman is gone! Her and her goddamn millenial nonsense. Yes!

Of course, they'll probably only find someone worse to replace her...

[Spin Echo]

I'm somewhat surprised that she got that job at MIT even if the degrees she claimed to have were legitimate. I haven't heard of any of those schools she claimed to have graduated from, and I would expect an elite school like MIT to mainly hire people who went to top schools as well.

The problem with MIT is that they started hiring career administrators and not scientists or engineers. These people would come from say, University of Michigan, and assume what worked for a huge state school would work just as well at MIT.

[Stravo]

Says alot for these degrees that someone without them could do the work just as well as those with.

[General Zod]

I'm somewhat surprised that she got that job at MIT even if the degrees she claimed to have were legitimate. I haven't heard of any of those schools she claimed to have graduated from, and I would expect an elite school like MIT to mainly hire people who went to top schools as well.

I'm more surprised that they didn't conduct a proper background check when they hired her. Or at least the token of one. It shouldn't have been that difficult to ring up the unis she claimed to have been from and verify that yes, she did in fact have degrees.

[Spin Echo]

I'm somewhat surprised that she got that job at MIT even if the degrees she claimed to have were legitimate. I haven't heard of any of those schools she claimed to have graduated from, and I would expect an elite school like MIT to mainly hire people who went to top schools as well.

I'm more surprised that they didn't conduct a proper background check when they hired her. Or at least the token of one. It shouldn't have been that difficult to ring up the unis she claimed to have been from and verify that yes, she did in fact have degrees.

Reading an article from the New York Tines, it appears the administrative assistant job she first applied for in the 70's didn't require college degrees so they didn't bother checking her credentials then. Later when she applied for the dean of admissions in 1997, MIT assumed that those universities listed on her resume since the 70's had already been checked out.

It's amusing to see how the NYT claims she was beloved by students yet couldn't actually manage to find any students to say that.

[Darth Mortis]

I'm somewhat surprised that she got that job at MIT even if the degrees she claimed to have were legitimate. I haven't heard of any of those schools she claimed to have graduated from, and I would expect an elite school like MIT to mainly hire people who went to top schools as well.

The problem with MIT is that they started hiring career administrators and not scientists or engineers. These people would come from say, University of Michigan, and assume what worked for a huge state school would work just as well at MIT.

Hey dick, I graduated from U of M, why don't you look where it ranks in quality of education before you make that remark. In addition, Michigan is private, Michigan State and Eastern Michigan are public.

[Darth Mortis]

To back my claim

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[Darth Mortis]

Edit: My mistake, I am speaking post grad. Undergrad is open enrollment, however you better have a GPA of 3.5 or above or be an exceptional athelete to get it. Unless, your dad is well connected.

[Spin Echo]

Hey dick, I graduated from U of M, why don't you look where it ranks in quality of education before you make that remark. In addition, Michigan is private, Michigan State and Eastern Michigan are public.

Jeez. Don't get your panties in a twist. Did I ever say there was anything wrong with the University of Michigan? I know full well it's a quality institution. I used to live just outside of Ann Arbor. And I stand corrected, it is a private university. I just said that the administration has a one size fits all attitude and they seemed to think that things that worked for a large, diverse university would work just as well for a small technical school.

[Spin Echo]

And I stand corrected, it is a private university.

Actually, I had it right the first time. It is a public university.