TY - GEN AB - This book addresses an important topic in higher education: credential fraud. This includes, but is not limited to, fake degrees, diploma mills, admissions fraud, and cheating on standardized admissions tests. The book directly addresses fake and fraudulent credentials in higher education. It explores transcript tampering and fraud in varsity athletics and discusses lazy practices in the higher education hiring processes that open the door for professors without proper credentials to get jobs in post-secondary institutions. The book also discusses how technology is being used to stop the proliferation of fake and fraudulent credentials in a variety of ways, including blockchain technology. AU - Eaton, Sarah Elaine, AU - Carmichael, Jamie J., AU - Pethrick, Helen, CN - LB2341 DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-21796-8 DO - doi ID - 1453913 KW - Universities and colleges KW - Education, Higher KW - Fraud. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-21796-8 N2 - This book addresses an important topic in higher education: credential fraud. This includes, but is not limited to, fake degrees, diploma mills, admissions fraud, and cheating on standardized admissions tests. The book directly addresses fake and fraudulent credentials in higher education. It explores transcript tampering and fraud in varsity athletics and discusses lazy practices in the higher education hiring processes that open the door for professors without proper credentials to get jobs in post-secondary institutions. The book also discusses how technology is being used to stop the proliferation of fake and fraudulent credentials in a variety of ways, including blockchain technology. SN - 9783031217968 SN - 3031217969 T1 - Fake degrees and fraudulent credentials in higher education / TI - Fake degrees and fraudulent credentials in higher education / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-21796-8 VL - volume 5 ER -