MBA mystery in Morgantown

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by Patricia Sabatini, Len Boselovic | Dec. 22, 2007 (Special Report)

West Virginia University has awarded an MBA degree to Heather Bresch, a politically well-connected top executive at drug giant Mylan Inc., rewriting university records that originally showed she had completed only about half the credits needed to earn the degree.

Top officials took the action nearly a decade after she was a student. The revision was sparked by a routine call from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to confirm the academic credentials of ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 22, 2007

The investigation of the corruption of academic ethics to fake a degree for a good-old-girl liar with extreme wealth and high political connections connections is also a commentary on a segment of society that seems to ignore ethics while parading as leaders. Wealth and power corrupts, but the holders want to legitimize their wealth and power.

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