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The NCAA released an initial list of 15 high schools from which it will no longer accept transcripts, including one in Florida with a Web site telling students they can earn a diploma in weeks.
Goliath Academy of Miami Lakes, which offers correspondence and online courses, was among four Florida schools identified with questionable academic credentials Wednesday by the NCAA initial-eligibility clearinghouse.
The Associated Press left a telephone message seeking comment from Goliath.
The NCAA board of directors in April gave the association authority to look into so-called "diploma mills," including the examination of individual transcripts. The investigation was accelerated after a New York Times story on University High School, a Miami correspondence school that had no classes or instructors and operated almost without supervision.
A telephone number for University has been disconnected, as has one for American Academy of Miami, which is also on the NCAA list.
"The schools currently under review have been notified and given the opportunity to respond to specific questions regarding the high school," the NCAA said. "Failure to provide a response to the questions will result in a school being invalidated for use in the initial-eligibility process. In addition, onsite visits have been conducted at some high schools to supplement the information considered in the review."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/06/07/diploma.mills.ap/index.html
Goliath Academy of Miami Lakes, which offers correspondence and online courses, was among four Florida schools identified with questionable academic credentials Wednesday by the NCAA initial-eligibility clearinghouse.
The Associated Press left a telephone message seeking comment from Goliath.
The NCAA board of directors in April gave the association authority to look into so-called "diploma mills," including the examination of individual transcripts. The investigation was accelerated after a New York Times story on University High School, a Miami correspondence school that had no classes or instructors and operated almost without supervision.
A telephone number for University has been disconnected, as has one for American Academy of Miami, which is also on the NCAA list.
"The schools currently under review have been notified and given the opportunity to respond to specific questions regarding the high school," the NCAA said. "Failure to provide a response to the questions will result in a school being invalidated for use in the initial-eligibility process. In addition, onsite visits have been conducted at some high schools to supplement the information considered in the review."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/06/07/diploma.mills.ap/index.html
