Fake Degrees and Fraudulent Credentials: Research Project Update

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Since 2020, Jamie Carmichael (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) and I have been partnering on research related to fake degrees and fraudulent credentials in Canada. We presented our preliminary findings last year at the 2021 European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism. Later in 2021, I contributed an invited article on fake degrees and credential fraud to a special issue of the Career Planning & Adult Development Journal focusing on the future of work.

Now Jamie and I are working on an edited book to be published by Springer Nature later this year.

We have noticed more and more discussions of qualification fraud and impersonation in the news, such as this article that talks about a situation in which the person who showed up for an interview and was hired was not the same person who showed up for the job after the hiring process was complete.

Since starting this project almost two years ago our eyes have been opened to the massive global market that exists for fake and fraudulent degrees, diplomas, and other credentials. We’ll keep you updated as our research evolves, but for now we just wanted to let you know we are still working on this and learning more every day.

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Sarah Elaine Eaton, PhD, is a faculty member in the Werklund School of Education, and the Educational Leader in Residence, Academic Integrity, University of Calgary, Canada. Opinions are my own and do not represent those of the University of Calgary.