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Open School Data: Here’s your go-to guide

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08.04.2021 Open school data is a powerful tool. When used properly, open data can promote citizen control over the transfer and use of financial, material, and human resources. Open data can hold local and school authorities to account, improve service delivery, and detect malpractice at the school level – and most importantly, enable citizens to stand up for their right to quality education.
Promoting accountability through information: how open school data can help

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22.10.2018 Six case studies from Asia and the Pacific look at how open school data can create a more transparent and accountable education system.
Is plagiarism changing over time? A 10-year time-lag study with three points of measurement

Are more students cheating on assessment tasks in higher education? Despite ongoing media speculation concerning increased ‘copying and pasting’ and ghostwritten assignments produced by ‘paper mills’, few studies have charted historical trends in...

Curtis, Guy J.; Vardanega, Lucia

2016
Academic fraud, quality assurance learning from the past and challenges for the future

This paper starts by contextualizing the current trend of increasing academic fraud and corrupt practices in quality assurance and accreditation processes. Several factors are considered, such as the diversification of higher education services and...

Hallak, Jacques, Poisson, Muriel

Paris, IIEP, 2007
Government takes on bogus credentials

31.07.2005 Sweden, Australia

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- The National Agency for Higher Education/ World Education News & Reviews

According to the study, "Fake Universities and Bogus Degrees – Sweden and the World", there has been an increase in the number of job seekers who have been caught trying to pass off fake degrees as genuine, with more than 30 cases reported in the last two years. According to the National Agency for Higher Education, there exists over 800 Web-based fake universities. The study recommends use of a digital database that employers can access to verify an applicant's qualifications, something into which Australia is already looking.
The question of corruption in academe

20.12.2004

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Philip G. Altbach - International Higher Education

Corruption in higher education is not a topic much discussed in academic circles. Yet, corruption in various manifestations is an element of higher education in many parts of the world. It is time to open a discussion of the meaning and scope of corruption since it seems to be an expanding phenomenon, especially in parts of the world facing severe economic hardships. Academic institutions in these countries come under extreme pressure to provide access and degrees to ensure success in difficult economic circumstances.