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Preventing Fraud in Higher Education

From grants to financial aid, fraudsters are registering as students and stealing these critical funds. As a result, the State of California has added $100M to the state budget to improve cyber-barriers to fight false registrations and protect sensitive data. Are you prepared to tackle these “ghost students”?
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The Cost of Ghost Students

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Creates liability
for colleges.

Colleges that disburse grants to fraudsters are on the hook to repay the federal government. It can also damage the college’s reputation.

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Prevents real students
from enrolling.

Fake enrollments are crowding out legitimate students who want to join a college or get into a class they need for graduation. Also, colleges can be fooled into adding unnecessary courses to accommodate perceived need.

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Costs administrators
and instructors time.

Instructors are now having to become experts in identifying fake students and drop students who do not appear on day 1. However, new scams follow so it’s a vicious cycle.

How Jumio Can Help

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Onboard legitimate students faster

When a new student applies to the college, they simply scan their government-issued ID and take a selfie. Jumio verifies their real-world identity within seconds.
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Reverify during class registration

Ensure the student registering for a class is the same person who onboarded by requesting another selfie. Jumio creates a biometric template and compares it to the original to ensure it’s the same person.
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Reverify before distributing funds

When the student requests financial aid, request another selfie to ensure this is the right student and not a fraudster who took over their account.

Ghost students are real.

See how Jumio Identity Verification works.

How it Works

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    • 1. ID Proofing Check
    • Is the ID document authentic and valid?
    • 2. Similarity and Liveness Checks
    • Is the person holding the ID the same person shown in the ID photo? Is the person physically present during the transaction?
    • 3. Definitive Answer
    • Jumio Identity Verification delivers a definitive yes or no answer in seconds.

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