Apparently there are some institutions of higher learning out there that aren’t all they’re cracked up to be—or perhaps, cats are simply a lot smarter about human technology than we may know. For now, though, skeptics happen to use their housecats for the purpose of determining of a university or college rumored to be a diploma mill happens to be much maligned and legit or willing to hand out a diploma to anything with a heartbeat.
Or in this case, a meow.
Enterprising Wikipedians have gotten together a list of these cats with fancy credentials for everyone to enjoy.
Colby Nolan is a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004 by Trinity Southern University, a Dallas, Texas-based diploma mill, sparking a fraud lawsuit by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office.[1]…
Ben Goldacre, a UK-based science journalist, obtained a diploma in nutrition from the American Association of Nutritional Consultants for his dead cat, Henrietta, while investigating allegations about fake qualifications.[5]
List of cats with fraudulent diplomas, via Boing Boing.