Corruption in Higher Education

Global Challenges and Responses
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43387-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 46, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

The lack of academic integrity combined with the prevalence of fraud and other forms of unethical behavior are problems that higher education faces in both developing and developed countries, at mass and elite universities, and at public and private institutions. While academic misconduct is not new, massification, internationalization, privatization, digitalization, and commercialization have placed ethical challenges higher on the agenda for many universities. Corruption in academia is particularly unfortunate, not only because the high social regard that universities have traditionally enjoyed, but also because students—young people in critical formative years—spend a significant amount of time in universities. How they experience corruption while enrolled might influence their later personal and professional behavior, the future of their country, and much more. Further, the corruption of the research enterprise is especially serious for the future of science. The contributors to Corruption in Higher Education: Global Challenges and Responses bring a range of perspectives to this critical topic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Denisova-Schmidt, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Korruption
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Corruption in Higher Education: Global Challenges and Responses

Elena Denisova-Schmidt

PART 1: Focus on Students

1 Student Attitudes and Experience with Academic Corruption in the Khabarovsk Region of Russia

Anna Solovyeva

2 Endemic Corruption in Higher Education: Lessons from Ukraine

Elena Denisova-Schmidt and Yaroslav Prytula

3 Differences in Understanding Academic Integrity: A Lithuanian Case

Diana Karanauskiene, Vida Janina Cesnaitiene, Brigita Miežiene and Arunas Emeljanovas

4 Cheating and Plagiarism in Armenia: Why Not?

Ani Hovhannisyan

5 International Collaboration in Higher Education Key to Curb Essay Mills

Gilbert Nakweya

PART 2: Focus on Faculty

6 Our Predatory Conference Problem

James McCrostie

7 Why Blacklists Matter

Ivan Sterligov

8 Rigging of Academic Positions in the Most Democratic Country in the World

Jan Petter Myklebust

9 Nepotism in American Universities Starts Resembling Ukraine

Ararat L. Osipian

10 Conflict of Interest in Eastern Europe: Academic Capture

Mihaylo Milovanovitch, Elena Denisova-Schmidt and Arevik Anapiosyan

PART 3: Focus on Universities, Agents, and Other Stakeholders

11 Corruption: A Key Challenge to Internationalization

Philip G. Altbach

12 Ethical Concerns on the Use of Agents in International Student Recruitment

Elena Denisova-Schmidt, Hans de Wit and Xiaofeng Wan

13 Trump University: Crime and Settlement

Ararat L. Osipian

14 Bearing False Witness: Selling Lies in Support of the Fraudulent Credential Industry

George D. Gollin

15 Detecting Fake University Degrees in a Digital World

Linda J. Børresen, Einar Meier and Stig Arne Skjerven

PART 4: Focus on Countries

16 Analyzing the Culture of Corruption in Indian Higher Education

Nidhi S. Sabharwal and William G. Tierney

17 Toxic Academic Culture in East Asia: An Update

Rui Yang

18 Informality and (Lack of) State Legitimacy in Ukraine: A View from the Higher Educational Sector

Abel Polese, Tetyana Stepurko and Jeremy Morris

19 Corrupt at All Levels? Indonesian Higher Education and the Problem of Corruption

Agustian Sutrisno

20 The Scourge of Fraud and Corruption in Higher Education

Goolam Mohamedbhai

PART 5: Focus on Remedies

21 Academic Dishonesty: A Symptom, Not a Problem

Mihaylo Milovanovitch

22 How to Stop the Growing Tide of Student Dishonesty in Russia?

Igor Chirikov and Evgeniia Shmeleva

23 Cheating among Students: Remedies and Measures

Elena Denisova-Schmidt

24 The Unified State Exam in Russia

Elena Denisova-Schmidt and Elvira Leontyeva

25 Combatting Academic Corruption: Quality Assurance and Accreditation Moving Forward

Judith S. Eaton

PART 6: Conclusion

26 Challenges to Eradicating Academic Corruption: Concluding Thoughts

Liz Reisberg

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elena Denisova-Schmidt is a Research Associate at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland and a Research Fellow at the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College.