Kansas principal resigns after student journalists look into her credentials

(FOX News) - After student journalists at a Kansas high school got a big scoop on their incoming principal's credentials, she resigned from the $93,000-a-year position.

The students' main concerns revolved around Amy Robertson's education, mainly the institution where she received her master's and doctoral degrees: Corllins University.

Corllins is an unaccredited online school that when searched on Google, produces several websites warning about scams and claims of the school being a diploma mill.

"She was going to be the head of our school, and we wanted to be assured that she was qualified and had proper credentials," Trina Paul, a Pittsburg High School senior and school newspaper editor told the Wichita Eagle. "We stumbled on some things that most might not consider legitimate credentials."

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