Criminals offering fake degrees from non-existing institutions are a threat at many levels. Their actions also destroy the credibility of the higher education system of entire nations.
We are at a time of extraordinary scientific opportunity, when the prospect for making major advances in elementary particle physics is greater than it has been in at least three decades.
Policy makers have a clear message for the high-energy physics community: Present a united, accessible justification to the US Congress, the Administration, and the American people, or else you won