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| | ACE | Action Urged on Diploma Mills |
 | | The American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives. |
 | | According to Ezell, there are 2,567 unrecognized schools, many of which are diploma mills, and 202 unrecognized accreditors, some operated by the same person as the degree mill. |
 | | Jean Avnet Morse of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education testified on the role accreditors--particularly those recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to allow participation in the federal student aid programs--play in protecting the higher education against fraudulent institutions. |
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