Browsing by Author "Carmichael, Jamie"

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    Counterfeit Credentials: Recommendations for Higher Education Professionals (Infographic)
    (2020-09-30) Carmichael, Jamie; Eaton, Sarah Elaine
    This infographic offers practical tips for higher educational professors, faculty and administrators to develop awareness about to spot counterfeit credentials (including, but not limited to, fake degrees, tampered transcripts, and fraudulent letters of recommendation).
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    The Ecosystem of Commercial Academic Fraud
    (University of Calgary, 2022-09-28) Eaton, Sarah Elaine; Carmichael, Jamie
    This graphic depicts the intersection and overlap between various types of commercial academic fraud and cheating. There are four overlapping categories including: (1) degree mills (i.e., fake and fraudulent diplomas, transcripts, reference letters, and other academic and professional documents; (2) contract cheating (i.e., outsourced student academic work such as term paper mills, assignment completion services, thesis writing services, and student proxy services; (3) admissions fraud (i.e., impersonation and fraud services for standardized admissions testing, language proficiency testing, and unethical educational agents); and (4) paper mills (i.e., manufactured scholarly and scientific publications and authorship for sale.) At the heart of all of this is intentional academic fraud.
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    Scholarships Without Scruples (Infographic)
    (2021-09-29) Eaton, Sarah Elaine; Carmichael, Jamie
    A 1-page infographic to help students recognize the signs of a scholarship scam. This resource is designed to promote consumer awareness among students and also to highlight how fraud occurs with respect to (alleged) scholarships.
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    Understanding the landscape of counterfeit credentials and university admissions fraud
    (2020-09-11) Eaton, Sarah Elaine; Carmichael, Jamie
    This slide deck handout is from the webinar "Understanding the landscape of counterfeit credentials and university admissions fraud" given on 11 Sep 2020 by Carmichael & Eaton through the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary. Main topics include: admissions fraud, fake degrees, and counterfeit credentials.