Two things I don't understand:

1. why Yale would have ok'd this in the first place.

2. Why anyone would want to claim to have gone there in the first place...

INSIDE JoongAng Daily: "An art curator¡¯s attempt to climb the ladder of success with forged academic degrees has prompted a multimillion-dollar court battle, as Dongguk University filed a lawsuit against Yale University.
Dongguk, the former employer of disgraced art curator Shin Jeong-ah, said yesterday that it filed a civil lawsuit with the Connecticut District Court against Yale, seeking at least $50 million in compensation.
Dongguk claimed that Yale¡¯s ¡°unlawful actions¡± resulted in damage to the school because Yale mistakenly certified Shin¡¯s false claim to hold a Ph.D. from the Ivy League school. Yale later admitted the mistake and vowed to tighten its degree verification process.
Dongguk hired Shin in September 2005 as an associate professor. At the time, Shin claimed the Yale doctorate and two degrees from the University of Kansas. All were false.
¡°We requested Yale at the time to verify her Ph.D., and Yale confirmed it, so we concluded there was no problem,¡± Dongguk said. After a scandal erupted last year over Shin¡¯s degrees, Dongguk sought Yale¡¯s verification again. Yale then denied that it had verified Shin¡¯s degree initially, Dongguk charges.
¡°Yale also claimed that documents verifying Shin¡¯s degree were fake. Dongguk University, therefore, was criticized and disgraced,¡± Dongguk said."

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