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Be Warned! - Degree mills are bogus universities selling fake diplomas. Paper mills are online databases selling research papers of dubious quality and copyright from student "cheat sites" that inevitably promote plagiarism.

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Academic Dishonesty Today

Academic dishonesty is endemic in all levels of education. In the United States, studies show that 20% of students started cheating in the first grade. Similarly, other studies reveal that currently in the U.S., 56% of middle school students and 70% of high school students have cheated.

Students are not the only ones to cheat in an academic setting. A study among North Carolina school teachers found that some 35 percent of respondents said they had witnessed their colleagues cheating in one form or another. The rise of high-stakes testing and the consequences of the results on the teacher is cited as a reason why a teacher might want to inflate the results of their students. - Wikipedia

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.

Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud and offenders are subject to academic censure........... Some individuals caught plagiarizing in academic or journalistic contexts claim that they plagiarized unintentionally, by failing to include quotations or give the appropriate citation. While plagiarism in scholarship and journalism has a centuries-old history, the development of the Internet, where articles appear as electronic text, has made the physical act of copying the work of others much easier, simply by copying and pasting text from one web page to another. - Wikipedia

• Bates College (US), Plagiarism Resource Site - resources to help faculty & students get their bearings, clearinghouse for info on plagiarism, especially concerned with news, developments & resources that consider issue in context of undergraduate teaching & learning: bibliography, style guides, tutorials, weblog, news feed, feedback

• Campus Technology (US), Anti-Plagiarism Technology - Thwarting the Copycats (article)
• Coastal Carolina University - aimed at providing faculty with overview of current state of internet paper mills, how to (locate paper mills, detect plagiarized papers, track down suspicious papers, combat plagiarism): Paper Mills, plagiarism detection sites, sources, other plagiarism sites
• Google Directory, Academic Dishonesty
• Illinois University (US), Unconventional University Diplomas from Online Vendors - buying a Ph.D. from a university that doesn't exist: first contact with the university degree program, checking out Parkwood University, mapping the UDP family tree, who's out there, verifying credentials of a UDP client, degrees of fraud, notes & more info
• Plagiarismadvice.org, JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service (JISCPAS) (UK) - promotes holistic approach to plagiarism prevention that incorporates the consideration of institutional policies and procedures teaching practice and study skills tuition: advice, resources, projects
• Plagiarism.org (US) - planning, organizational and citation skills essential for producing quality writing and research: What is Plagiarism?, Types of, FAQs, Internet, Did You Know, Preventing, Why Plagiarize, Unintentional, Prevention Guides, Planning & Writing Your Paper, Copyright Laws, Citation, How to Paraphrase, Important Terms, Printable Handouts
• Quackwatch (US), Degree Mills - (article)
• Standler, Ronald B. (US), Plagiarism in Colleges in USA - sources of plagiarized works, law of plagiarism, statutes on sale of term papers, cases involving plagiarism in colleges, cases against commercial sources, suggestions for policy, colleges have right to rescind degrees, no plagiarism for ideas, self-plagiarism, threat of litigation against reporters of plagiarization, links
• Rutgers University (US), Plagiarism and Academic Integrity - interactive lesson about avoiding infractions of academic integrity policies & plagiarism
• Sheffield College (UK), Weblinks - Others / Education / Plaigiarism: links
• UNESCO, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), Combating Academic Fraud - towards a cultre of integrity (article): importance & extent of academic fraud, varieties, causes & consequences, problems & issues in controlling
• Virginia Tech (US), Plagiarism and Honor - plagiarism module for students: definition, examples, honor code, honor system guided tour, self-test, honesty in writing project
• Virginia University (US), Plagiarism Resource Site - goal to help reduce the impact of plagiarism on education and educational institutions, free software to detect plagiarism: links to other resources, essays
• Western Illinois University (US), Plagiarism and the Web (article) - plagiarism is a perennial temptation for students and an eternal challenge for teachers
• WordPress.com - Blogs about: Academic Fraud