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Diploma and accreditation mills: new trends in credential abuse

This report investigates the new generation of bogus universities, taking a closer look at the involvement of bogus colleges in immigration scams and the phenomenon of online high school diploma mills. It also looks back at the year's developments in...

Ben Cohen, Eyal, Winch, Rachel

Bedford, 2011
Public Expenditure Tracking Survey : Afghanistan - Education sector: Synthesis Report

The Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) looked at four components essential to the strengthening and development of the education sector in Afghanistan: 1) the payment of staff salaries; 2) the availability and use of an operations and...

World Bank

Washington, D.C., World Bank, 2011
Drive to stamp out nepotism in universities

29.01.2011 Italy

Press

Lee Adendorff - University World News

The Italian cabinet has ordered the roll-out of a national accreditation scheme for academics to stamp out nepotism. Under the new scheme, commissions of five senior academics appointed in each university will accredit applicants for associate or full professorships on the basis of the quality and quantity of their academic output.
Korea to tighten measures to verify foreign degrees

20.01.2011 Korea R

Press

Bae Ji-sook - Korean Herald

The government will adopt stricter measures to verify overseas academic diplomas and tighten its monitoring of universities hiring staff with such qualifications.
Predicting differential item functioning in cross-lingual testing: the case of a high stakes test in the Kyrgyz Republic

Cross-lingual tests are assessment instruments created in one language and adapted for use with another language group. Practitioners and researchers use cross-lingual tests for various descriptive, analytical and selection purposes both in...

Drummond, Todd W.

East Lansing (USA), MSU, 2011
Recommendations for reviewing policy to manage unacceptable academic practice in higher education

This publication builds on good practice and suggestions relevant to policies for student plagiarism and unacceptable academic practice to distil and provide up-to-date recommendations for reviewing policy in this area. The scope and content of these...

Morris, Erica

Heslington (UK), HEA, 2011
Why is plagiarism poisoning universities?

10.11.2010 France

Press

Philippe Jacqué - Le Monde

Students, lecturers: who are the plagiarists? Has the Internet revolutionized cheating? How can we combat this phenomenon, which over the last five years has taken on exponential dimensions.
Education Minister urges new ethics code to end row over teaching Zionism

02.11.2010 Israel

Press

Or Kashti - Haartez

Professors say that 'code of ethics' would destroy academia, intervention by outside body endangers academic freedom.
Teacher certificate forgeries overwhelm Government

14.10.2010 Uganda

Press

Patience Ahimbisibwe - The Monitor

The Ministry of Education has said it is overwhelmed by the number of teachers who gained employment using forged documents. The Director of Basic Education said that a survey found that all districts in Eastern Uganda have several cases of forgeries. The same has been discovered in the Central region as investigations continue in other parts of the country.
Probe into university payments embarrassing

25.09.2010 Ireland

Press

John Walshe - University World News

Unauthorized payments of allowances, bonuses and enhanced pensions for some university staff over several years have been revealed in a report from Ireland's public spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General.

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