Legal Opinion
Robert Michael Ardis v. Paige Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 14, 2016No. 15-10625UnpublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
On January 18, 2011, Pensacola State College (PSC) terminated Robert Michael Ardis’s employment as a tenured professor and coordinator of the college’s criminal justice program. PSC took such action because on his return from a sabbatical taken in the Spring and early Summer of 2010 for the purpose of obtaining a second master’s degree, he “presented PSC with a degree from an online ‘diploma mill.’ ” Ardis v. Pensacola State College, 128 So.3d 260, 261 (Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. 2013). PSC characterized Ardis’ conduct as “a fraud upon the College and ... misconduct in office.” Id.
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