In addition to my financial aid duties (and other assorted duties), I am the Registrar. I handle calls all the time from employers and third-party verification services, requesting verification of degrees. I can understand that perhaps employers did not verify in the past, but they should definitely do it today. Better to verify upfront, rather than to find out later that the person lied …
Oh, and anyone looking at my diploma would think it was fake. It has two sides, with a different school name on each side. My school’s name changed while I was a student, so they gave our class a dual-diploma so we could choose the side we wanted to display! 