fake degrees
Fraudulent academic credentials
Fake degrees are fraudulent academic credentials—diplomas, certificates, or transcripts obtained without completing legitimate coursework.
They range from documents purchased from diploma mills (institutions that sell degrees with little or no study) to outright forgeries of real universities' credentials.
He padded his résumé with a fake degree from a nonexistent school.
The practice constitutes fraud when used to obtain employment or professional licensing.
- diploma millFraudulent credential seller
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
- certificateFormal written attestation
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- academic fraudplagiarism, academic dishonesty, exam cheating, diploma mills, essay mills
- document frauddocument fraud, forged documents, falsification, counterfeit documents, forged signatures