while at ADM, he earned a business degree from a home -study school in California.Later ADM issued biographical material crediting him with an MBA from Northwestern University and the prestigious J.L.Kellogg School of Management.In an interview,Whitacre admitted the claims about his MBA were inflated to impress Wall Street analysts, but he blamed ADM:"I feel bad about it. I, along with other executives that speak at analysts meetings, cooperated...it's a common practice.