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Ph.D. really a ‘b.s.’ degree

It’s a college con job!

The head of a controversial center run by ex-convicts at Brooklyn’s Medgar Evers College obtained a “doctorate” degree from an online “diploma mill,” an official told The Post.

Divine Pryor, founder of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, is suing the CUNY school to block his group’s eviction from the campus for lacking credentials.

He claims he earned a Ph.D. from Suffield University.

But the Connecticut Department of Higher Education said it issued a “cease and desist” order against Suffield for operating without a license after a probe.

“We view it as a diploma mill selling unaccredited degrees . . . We shut them down,” said Connecticut Higher Education spokeswoman Constance Fraser.

Suffield’s Web site offers associate, bachelor, master’s and doctoral degrees for upwards of $550, with discounts for multiple degrees.

It admits there are no academic requirements and says, “The whole process can often be completed within 7-10 days.”

Pryor — who was sprung in 1992 after serving 10 years for robbery and burglary — insisted, “I worked hard for my [Suffield Ph.D.] degree.”

Suffield did not return calls seeking comment.

carl.campanile@nypost.com