Corporation-Conferred Diplomas

PACKEL, Attorney General,

You have asked whether a corporation can award diplomas to graduates of their programs without first meeting the degree-granting requirements as set forth in sections 211 and 312 of the Nonprofit Corporation *437Law of May 5, 1933, P. L. 289, as amended, 15 PS §7211, 15 PS §7312.*

You are advised that a corporation can confer a diploma if that diploma goes no further than to document that a student has completed a program and it can do so without first meeting the requirements as set forth in sections 211 and 312 of the Nonprofit Corporation Law. However, you are further…