Where I live, and in my particular field, I’ve started to note a lot of people who have attended the Bryn Mawr Leadership Institute (a certificate program that entails 10 days of classes and some additional requirements), and when you look the person up on on LinkedIn, “Bryn Mawr College” is the only thing that appears under their summary. You have to scroll down their full profile to see the details. It’s a great program from what I know of it, but it’s hardly the equivalent of having earned a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr. Talk about misleading! I think it’s mainly a problem with LinkedIn and how it sorts out a person’s education, but IMHO it makes the person touting it look a tad sketchy.
This is the program: http://www.brynmawr.edu/neli/