Oh, I know. And I'm currently setting up audits on qualifications and alignment to our nation's higher education standards...at a research university.

I've already had industry colleagues remind me of that time a major university here had a big grant puller non-chalantly say, "I never actually completed my PhD" thinking it was just gonna go down totally fine because of how much his reputation pulled research money in over the years.

Clearly a very smart human that contributed a lot, but that's not how academia works and obviously an atomic bomb went off with fiends lined up for the scraps while the CFO weeps.

This is my big fear. If I stumble across something like this, I'm quitting for something less stressful like pest control, test piloting, or child care.