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Fighting fraud in the registrar’s office
Florence Kizza
“I’ve seen my share of forged transcripts and degrees,” admits David Mosely Booze, Assistant Dean and Registrar at Savannah State University. “With the advent of high-tech computing, it’s become easier for people to produce forgeries.”
One preventive measure against document fraud is paper with built-in security features. “Transcript fraud runs rampant and it’s gotten a lot worse,” says Joyce Leiner, Director of Operations for International Security Products (ISP), a manufacturer of specialty papers and a Savannah State University supplier.
“Students may try to change a grade, for example. Security features can show the form has been tampered with. Other security features will show a document has been scanned or copied and is not an original,” Leiner adds.
Transcript paper can protect against chemical alternation. It can include a fingerprint seal to verify authenticity. Personalized holograms and other security features deter duplication, forgery, counterfeiting and washing. Visible and invisible security features can be layered.
“It’s a highly competitive world out there. People who didn’t go to school or finish school need credentials to say they did. We have to make doubly certain that those who haven’t earned the credentials don’t take advantage of us,” says Booze.
ISP’s products are the creation of inventor George Phillips. The company serves 250 universities and has been in the transcript market for ten years.
TOPICS: Executive Briefing
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