学がく歴れきロンダリング

noun

academic background laundering; attending a highly-ranked graduate school to boost one's credentials

Colloquial term, often used critically to describe someone who attends a prestigious graduate school mainly to improve their résumé or social standing, rather than for genuine academic interest.

• 彼かれは学がく歴れきロンダリングのために有ゆう名めい大だい学がく院いんに進しん学がくしたと言いわれている。

  He is said to have entered a famous graduate school for academic background laundering.

• 学がく歴れきロンダリングという言こと葉ばは、学がく歴れき社しゃ会かいを皮ひ肉にくる表ひょう現げんだ。

  The term 'academic background laundering' is a sarcastic expression about credential-oriented society.