Arranged alphabetically by country and in reverse chronological order

World | Australia | Brunei | Canada | China | Ghana | India | Israel | Italy | Japan | Korea | Liberia | Malaysia | Nepal | New Zealand | Nigeria | Pakistan | Russia | Serbia | Sierra Leone | Singapore | South Africa | Sweden | Uganda | The United Kingdom | The United States of America

World

Universities to watch out for: The A-Z lists (2003, June 21). The Weekend Australian.
http://web.archive.org/web/20030621133155/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/sectionindex2
/0,5746,degreemills%5e%5eTEXT,00.html

Australia

Lawrence, J. (2005, April 3). How a fake degree can be deadly. The Sunday Mail QLD.
http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/
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O'Keefe, B. (2004, October 16). Students duped in uni racket. The Weekend Australian.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/archives/
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Calvert, J. (2004, July 22). Degrees for sale. Herald Sun.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/
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Fielding, P. (2004, July 21). Fake uni degrees for sale. Oakleigh Monash/Spingvale Dandenong Leader.
http://www.community.newsmedianet.com.au/home/groups/group/title.jsp?titleid=40

Lawnham, P. (2002, April 10). Windows open for more fakes. The Australian.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
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Online buy-a-degree scam targets Asians; For the right price, net conmen will send fake certs, some 'verifiable'. (2002, February 11). The Straits Times.
http://it.asia1.com.sg/newsarchive/02/news009_20020211.html

Brunei

Fake degrees. (2003, November 22). Borneo Bulletin.
http://www.bruneipress.com.bn/links/bb.html
or Financial Times Information: Global News Wire - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
http://news.ft.com/FTCorporate/Site/html/us/redistribution/intell_wires.html
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Stephen, I. (2002, February 15). Fake degree scam alert in Brunei. Borneo Bulletin.
http://www.bruneipress.com.bn/links/bb.html
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http://news.ft.com/FTCorporate/Site/html/us/redistribution/intell_wires.html
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Canada

Hutchinson, B. (2007, July 23). Higher learning? Critics question fledgling university as delays continue. National Post.
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=cffcb7d6-aa6b-4d99-879f-517f9a943d9d&k=31606&p=2

Rogue colleges hurt B.C. (2007, June 25). Times Colonist. Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Bermingham, J. (2007, June 8). Gov't probes private colleges; New measures after hundreds of foreign students scammed. The Vancouver Province. Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Millar, E. (2007, May 11). Vancouver University Worldwide ordered to stop granting degrees. Macleans.ca
http://www.macleans.ca/education/universities/article.jsp?content=20070511_131123_12988

China

Macartney, J. (2006, October 26). Student rampage unnerves leaders. The Times (London).
http://www.thetimes.co.uk
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China's police busts college enrollment fraud cases (2006, August 11). New China News Agency.
http://english.sina.com/china/1/2006/0811/85904.html

In China, bribery and fakery lower the value of degrees. (2002, August 2). The Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A33.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i47/47a03301.htm
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Diploma forgery goes electronic in China. (2001, September 21). The Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A39.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i04/04a03902.htm
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Kwang, M. (2000, April 26). Pssst, do you want a degree? The Straits Times.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/
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Kwang, M. (2000, April 26). Huge forgery business. The Straits Times.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/
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Ghana

Fake Degrees for Sale - How many Ghanaians have fallen prey? (2004, July 12). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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India

Singh, K. K. (2000, March 3). Vigilance report to governor: BNMU awarding fake degrees. The Times of India.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/?
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http://news.ft.com/FTCorporate/Site/html/us/redistribution/intell_wires.html
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Israel

Stoil, R. (2006, November 15). Jerusalem resident arrested for selling phony diplomas over Internet. The Jerusalem Post.
http://www.jpost.com
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McKinnon, I., Farago, Y., & Norfolk, A. (2004, January 23). Israeli police are set to investigate degree scam. The Times.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
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McKinnon, I., Farago, Y., & Norfolk, A. (2004, January 23). Israeli police are set to investigate degree scam. The Times.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
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MacKinnon, I., & Norfolk, A. (2004, January 22). British university with branch in Israeli petrol station 'issued 5,500 bogus degrees'. The Times.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
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Degrees of corruption. (2001, December 13). The Jerusalem Post.
http://www.jpost.com/
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Italy

Bompard, P. (2005, September 16). Italy's Internet dottores risk jail. The Times Higher Education Supplement.
http://www.thes.co.uk/search/story.aspx?story_id=2024571
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Japan

Thacker, P. (2006, December 15). What's in a name? Inside Higher Ed.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/12/15/calu
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Korea

Korea's first belly dancer indicted over forged academic degree (2007, November 12). Korea Times.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/11/113_13541.html

Tae-jong, K. (2007, November 12). Byeon, Shin deny charges at 1st trial. Korea Times.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/nation_view.asp?newsIdx=13595&categoryCode=117

Ko-hill, B. (2007, October 10). Solutions to rampant diploma falsification cases. Korea Times.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/10/181_11679.html

Rahn, K. (2007, September 22). Byeon, Shin likely to be charged after holidays. Korea Times. Available from LexisNexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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2nd warrant sought for Byeon, Shin (2007, September 22). The Korea Herald. Available from LexisNexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Prosecutors get goods on Shin, Byeon confesses (2007, September 21). The Korea Herald. Available from LexisNexis Academic.
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Rahn, K. (2007, September 18). Arrest warrant sought for disgraced curator. Korea Times. Available from LexisNexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Lee, S. (2007, September 1). Revelations of false credentials shake South Korea. The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com
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Fake educational credentials and law (2007, August 29). The Korea Herald. Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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College denies role in fraudulent diploma scandal (2007, August 28). The Korea Herald. Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Rahn, K. (2007, August 27). Suspicions grow over Shin's diploma forgery. Korea Times. Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Hyun-joo, J. (2005, January 15). Fake degrees sneak into nation. The Korea Herald.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/index.asp
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Liberia

Liberian embassy official tied to diploma mill scam. (2005, August 22). Liberian Observer.
http://www.liberianobserver.com/
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Fake medical college boss flees? (2005, April 6). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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Who authorized the operation of fake medical school? (2005, April 5). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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Medical Board threatens to prosecute founder of 'fake' medical school. (2005, March 31). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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Prosecution awaits 'fake' medical doctors. (2005, March 31). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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19 So-called doctors denied licenses. (2005, March 30). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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We hail the Medical Board's action. (2005, March 30). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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Fake medical school discovered. (2005, March 18). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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Morlin, B. (2003, December 5). Online school founder got his degrees on Web. The Spokesman-Review.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=120503&ID=s1450903

Malaysia

Veera, S. (2003, July 18). Students could end up with fake degrees. Malay Mail.
http://www.mmail.com.my/
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Nepal

Nepal cracks down on fake degrees. (2003, February 7). The Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i22/22a03302.htm
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New Zealand

Ross, M. (2002, March 17). Degree fakery goes back eons but it's easier now. The National Business Review.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/default.asp
Also available from www.factiva.com
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Maling, N. (2002, January 20). Varsities' fury over fake online degrees. The Sunday Star-Times (Auckland).
http://www.archivestuff.co.nz/index.htm
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Fake web degrees perturb NZ unis. (2002, January 30). The Australian.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
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Overseas websites offering fake NZ varsity degrees. (2002, January 20). The New Zealand Herald.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=787053

Nigeria

Nigeria: Alleged Forgery (2007, August 14). Daily Champion. Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Kigotho, W. (2004, November 12). University in Nigeria fights degree fraud. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 51(12), p. A38.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i12/12a03801.htm
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Pakistan

Body formed to look into fake degree issue. (2005, May 3). Asia Pulse Pte.
http://www.asiapulse.com/
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http://news.ft.com/FTCorporate/Site/html/us/redistribution/intell_wires.html
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Accused confess involvement of PU officials in issuing fake degrees. (2004, October 30). Asia Pulse Pte.
http://www.asiapulse.com/
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6 More officials held for selling fake educational degrees. (2004, October 26). Asia Pulse Pte.
http://www.asiapulse.com/
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Inter-province gang involved in issuing fake degrees busted. (2004, October 17). Asia Pulse Pte.
http://www.asiapulse.com/
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http://news.ft.com/FTCorporate/Site/html/us/redistribution/intell_wires.html
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Russia

Holdsworth, N. (2004, October 22). Libel threat over law degree sale allegation. The Times Higher Education Supplement.
http://www.thes.co.uk
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Osborn, A. (2004, October 17). Degrees for sale: Corruption scandal engulfs Russia's leading university. The Independent on Sunday.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=572920

MacWilliams, B. (1999, July 16). Diplomas for sale on Moscow's streets. The Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A43.
http://chronicle.com
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Serbia

Serbia charges 'education mafia' over degree scam (2007, February 22). Agence France Presse. Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Sierra Leone

Thomas, R. (2000, September 26). 86 people get fake degrees. Concord Times: AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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Singapore

Lum, S. (2004, September 11). Fake degree racket: Nine cheated out of $40,000. The Straits Times.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/
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South Africa

Maker, J. & Power, M. (2007, July 8). Academic faces inquiry over Shaik thesis scandal. Sunday Times (South Africa). Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Feni, Z. (2006, November 24). Watch out for bogus colleges, matrics told. IOL. Academic.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=105&art_id=vn20061124122943223C482235

Use of fake degrees increases. (2003, July 8). Business Day.
http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=793530

University degree scams: Degrees of deceit. (2002, July 9). AllAfrica.
http://allafrica.com/
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Sweden

Buscall, J. (2005, June 3). Sweden faces surge in bogus degrees. The Times Higher Education Supplement.
http://www.thes.co.uk
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Uganda

Australian held in Uganda over fake uni (2007, February 21). The Age.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Australian-held-in-Uganda-over-fake-uni/2007/02/21/1171733843091.html

Ahimbisibwe, F. (2006, September 8). Makerere transcripts forged. New Vision, available at All Africa.
http://www.allafrica.com
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The United Kingdom

Denholm, A. (2007, November 8). Bogus college couple held on fraud claims. The Herald (Glasgow).
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1817216.0.bogus_college_couple_held_on_fraud_claims.php

Davis, A. (2007, July 24). Clampdown on colleges in migrant visas scam. The Evening Standard. Available from Lexis Nexis Academic.
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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Curtis, P. (2005, November 7). GMC launches inquiry into private medical schools. Guardian.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1636346,00.html

Chapman, M. (2005, November 6). Some medical degrees 'worthless'. BBC News.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4410020.stm

Hughes, R. (2005, September 23). College fury at web link to fake degrees; Cyber-squatters have taken domain name. Daily Post.
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/¡¦name_page.html

Baty, P. (2004, November 12). 'Plagiarised' MBA application raises bogus degree concerns. The Times Higher Education Supplement.
http://www.thes.co.uk
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McKinnon, I., Farago, Y., & Norfolk, A. (2004, January 23). Israeli police are set to investigate degree scam. The Times.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
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MacKinnon, I., & Norfolk, A. (2004, January 22). British university with branch in Israeli petrol station 'issued 5,500 bogus degrees'. The Times.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
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The United States of America

Klein, G. (2007, November 18). A degree of much difficulty. Los Angeles Times.
www.latimes.com
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Seifman, D. (2007, September 7). Fake-college bravest fined. New York Post.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09072007/news/regionalnews/fake_college_bravest_fined.htm

Jaschik, S. (2007, September 4). Courts uphold autonomy for seminaries ? Will decision help diploma mills too? Inside Higher Ed.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/04/texas

Rock, S. (2007, July 14). Missouri criticized over its religious exemption to degree-granting schools. Kansas City Star.
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/190386.html

Rock, S. (2007, July 14). Unaccredited school in Grandview offers degrees of uncertainty. Kansas City Star.
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/190385.html

Redden, E. (2007, April 27). MIT dean claimed unearned degrees. Inside Higher Ed.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/04/27/mit

Lundgren, P. (2007, March 6). Legal fight, new partner spur Medquest move. BusinessNorth.com.
http://www.businessnorth.com/exclusives.asp?RID=1799

Acton, R. (2007, February 11). Medical students criticize school in St. Kitts. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_492706.html

Chan, S. (2007, February 1). Report says 14 in fire department used fake degrees. The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com
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Acton, R. (2007, January 1). Latrobe man's medical school in Caribbean is target of probe. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_486515.htm

Spears, V. (2006, October 4). State medical board to investigate Arnett. Lexington Herald-Leader.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/15680117.htm

Spears, V. (2006, October 1). Doctored diplomas: A trail of bogus claims and life-threatening consequences. Lexington Herald-Leader.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/15651692.htm

Spears, V. (2006, October 1). With medical credentials, it¡¯s patient beware. Lexington Herald-Leader.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/15651694.htm

Bollag, B. (2006, September 8). Accreditation of college in former Soviet Republic raises questions of oversight. Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://www.chronicle.com
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Gollin, G. (2006, April). Fake diplomas: A threat to higher education. Symmetry Magazine.
http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000304

Bartlett, T. (2006, March 31). Fake university paid bribes for credentials. Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://www.chronicle.com
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Phillips, S. (2005, November 25). A stress-free PhD? A snip at $250. The Times Higher Education Supplement, p. 19.
http://www.thes.co.uk
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Rodriguez, I. (2005, November 11). Miami-Dade man to agree to 2 years in prison for setting up phony diploma mill. Sun-Sentinel.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-ddiploma11nov11,0,1009775.story?coll=sfla-news-miami

Morlin, B. (2005, October 27). Fraud suspects buried cash, prosecutor says: Colbert couple accused of selling fabricated online college degrees. Spokane Spokesman.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/local/story.asp?ID=98135
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Jaschik, S. (2005, September 2). College withdraws credits awarded in distance education scheme. Inside Higher Education News.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/09/02/otterbein

Smallworld, S. (2005, August 15). Federal officials raid homes in 3 states in crackdown on diploma mill. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2005/08/2005081505n.htm
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Epstein, D. (2005, July 8). Class dismissed. Inside Higher Education News.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/07/08/mill

Epstein, D. (2005, July 7). Scarlet letter. Inside Higher Education News.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/07/07/oregon

Carnevale, D. (2005, February 11). Education department takes aim at diploma mills with a new web site. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://www.chronicle.com
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Lederman, D. (2005, February 2). New tools to take on diploma mills. Inside Higher Education News.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/02/02/mills2_2

Engber, D. (2004, December 8). Online university hears the cat's meow in consumer-fraud lawsuit over bogus degrees. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2004/12/2004120805n.htm
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Bartlett, T., & Smallwood, S. (2004, June 25). Inside the multimillion-dollar world of diploma mills. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(42), p. A8.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i42/42a00801.htm
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Bartlett, T., & Smallwood, S. (2004, June 25). What's a diploma mill? The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(42), p. A9.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i42/42a00902.htm
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Bartlett, T., & Smallwood, S. (2004, June 25). Psst. wanna buy a Ph.D.? The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(42), p. A9.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i42/42a00901.htm
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Bartlett, T., & Smallwood, S. (2004, June 25). Maxine Asher has a degree for you. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(42), p. A12.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i42/42a01201.htm
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Bartlett, T., & Smallwood, S. (2004, June 25). The hypnotist who married Lana Turner. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(42), p. A13.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i42/42a01301.htm
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Bartlett, T., & Smallwood, S. (2004, June 25). The university of spam. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(42), p. A14.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i42/42a01401.htm
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Bartlett, T., & Smallwood, S. (2004, June 25). Tilting at diploma mills. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(42), p. A17.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i42/42a01701.htm
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Carnevale, D. (2004, May 21). Senators call for a crackdown on online diploma mills. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(37), p. A33.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i37/37a03302.htm
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Usborne, D. (2004, May 6). US teachers buying fake degrees in order to qualify for a pay rise. The Independent.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=518584

Bribery scam produces Southern discomfort (2004, May 4). The Times Higher Education Supplement.
http://www.thes.co.uk
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Bartlett, T. (2004, April 2). Member of accrediting group has Ph.D. from 'notorious diploma mill'. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(30), p. A29.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i30/30a02901.htm
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Carnevale, D. (2004, February 13). Federal and state officials discuss cracking down on online diploma mills. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(23), p. A32.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i23/23a03202.htm
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Morlin, B. (2003, November 30). Spokane a 'hot spot' for dubious degrees. The Spokesman-Review.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=113003&ID=s1448614

Cowan, L. (2003, July 25). Cracking down on diploma mills. CBS News.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/25/eveningnews/consumer/main565236.shtml

Clayton, M. (2003, June 4). Fake diplomas are easy to buy online, but colleges are becoming more wary. The Christian Science Monitor.
http://www.uh.edu/admin/media/topstories/2003/csm/200306/20030611fake.html

Foster, A. L. (2003, February 7). On the web, it's easy to earn straight A's: Colleges face uphill battle in fight against sites selling fraudulent transcripts. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 49(22), p. A25.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i22/22a02501.htm
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Potter, W. (2003, February 7). U.S. Investigations find potential fraud in student aid and diploma mills. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 49(22), p. A19.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i22/22a01901.htm
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Potter, W. (2003, January 23). Fake diplomas are easy to purchase on the Internet, federal investigators find. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/01/2003012302n.htm
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