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Yale revamps degree-verification procedure

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, January 14, 2008

After admitting last month that the Yale had mistakenly verified to an employer the authenticity of a doctorate degree fabricated by a Korean art history professor, University officials said they have changed their procedure for confirming graduate degrees — and will not be hoodwinked again.

University officials will no longer confirm or deny whether a person holds a degree from Yale based on any external documents they are presented, Yale spokeswoman Gila Reinstein told the News. Instead, she said, the administrators will rely solely on their own records to verify that a supposed...

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