

Dr. Donald L. McCabe of Rutgers University and the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University conducted a survey of high school students in 2001. Among the general conclusions for high school students were:
Surveys of college students found that significant numbers of students had plagiarized:
| 1999-2000 | 2001-2002 | |
| Written plagiarism | ||
| Written 'cut & paste' | ||
| Internet plagiarism (e.g.paper mills) | ||
| Internet 'cut & paste' |
On the subject of college student attitudes toward plagiarism, Dr. McCabe found:
| 1999-2000 | 2001-2002 | |
| Plagiarism | ||
| Paper from mill | ||
| Written 'cut and paste' | ||
| Internet 'cut & paste' |
On the subject of college faculty attitudes toward plagiarism, Dr. McCabe found:
| 1999-2000 | 2001-2002 | |
| Plagiarism | ||
| Paper from mill | ||
| Written 'cut and paste' | ||
| Internet 'cut & paste' |
Dr. McCabe presented the results of his survey at a satellite conference presented by NJEdge. on "Internet Plagiarism" on November 14, 2002. as a PowerPoint presentation.
Margaret Fain, a librarian at Kimbel Library of Coastal Carolina University, has compiled a list of online paper mills from 1999 to 2002. She states that in 1999 there were 35 such sites whereas in 2002 there were more than 250 general sites on her list of Internet Paper Mills.
Ms. Fain has noted a new trend toward sites devoted to a single author or topic and has located 71 sites that are Internet Subject Specific Paper Mills.
Term papers are available on the Internet for:
A front page article in the Courier News published January 30, 2002 included the results of a survey of 422 high schoolers in Central New Jersey. It found that: