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ETHOS
A Monthly Publication of the
Center for Academic Integrity
Featuring Summaries of Integrity News plus News from the Center
Quote of the Month
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people,
can transform
the world.”
~Howard Zinn
“
Fraud U toppling a bogus diploma empire
”
By David Wolman Swazi Observer: 1/09/2010
T
he number of bogus institutions offering fraudulent degreeshas steadily increased with the growth of the internet. TheSwazi Observer re
ports that, ―
Saint Regis and affiliated fakeinstitutions sold more than 10,000 diplomas in about fiveyears.
‖ Most common uses resume padding or to acquire salary
increases that usually accompany additional degrees. Whilechronicling the process of starti
ng up a ―fraudulent university‖
the major fault in has been placed in those overarching highereducation institutions that have exhibited a lack of anycentralized effort regarding curtailment. It is estimated thenumber of doctoral degrees sold each year rivals those actuallyawarded within legitimate U.S. universities. Recentlyfraudulent degrees and inflated resumes have forced at leastone academic out of a job at the University of Illinois. Bogusdegrees are nothing new. Black markets in fake diplomas areknown to have existed as far back as 14th-century Europe.Today, so-called diploma mills based in the US sell roughly200,000 degrees a year to customers around the globe. Thearticle cites a Government Accountability Office surveyregarding just a handful of agencies that found 463 federalemployees with fraudulent degrees.
By Rania Moussly, Gulf News.com - NotesPosted Online: 1/10/2010
S
tudents at the American University of Sharjah(AUS) are happy their petition to lower mandatorybook fees has been acknowledged by the facultyand has resulted in lower textbook costs. Inexplaining the previous prices and their markup,George De Bin, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
, stated the ―
textbook fee wasinitially introduced due to breaches in academicintegrity and international copyright rulesresulting from significant copying of coursematerials by students
.‖
Students previouslyconstructed a petition with 200 signatures askingfor lower fees.
http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/notes/articles/aus-students-voices-finally-heard-1.565718
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AUS students' voices finally heard
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From the Director
here do we stand? As we take stock for
the new year, it’s an important question
to consider on many levels.ith regard to our mission and currentopportunities, we stand in a unique placefrom which to bring our expertise to bearon the many conversations taking placeacross the country (and world!) about theimportance of academic integrity andwhat we can do to foster it.ith regard to our development as anorganization, where we stand enables usto look back on nearly two decades andthen forward to our next vistas of growth
—
as an internationalorganization.ith regard to our priorities, we standcommitted to the project of teaching andlearning with integrity
—
not just withoutcheating, but also with the kind of engagement and authentic growth that isthe hallmark of real education. And of course with regard to each other,we stand
together
, ready to support not just the cause of Academic Integrity, butalso the wonderful people who pursueand protect it.Join the conversation about this andother topics@
ANUARY 2010
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