diploma mill

diploma mill
1. 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.
2. a college or university having such a large number of students that none receives individual attention from the teachers. Also called degree mill.
[1925-30]

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