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  • Governance in education: transparency and accountability

    This book presents an international review of initiatives aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the management of education in a variety of domains, including: education financing, teacher appointment and transfer, teacher conduct...

    Hallak, Jacques, Poisson, Muriel

    Paris, UNESCO, 2006

  • Newspaper

    Government takes on bogus credentials

    Sweden, Australia

    Press

    - 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.

  • Newspaper

    Road show held to stamp out corruption

    Brunei Darussalam

    Press

    - BruneiDirect.com

    A road show aimed at disseminating information on anti-corruption activities to the public was lanced at the municipal Hall in Kuala Belait. The Anti-Corruption Bureau organised this educational road show to impart messages on the risks of corruption in its effort to eradicate this social ill. The show is based on true stories of corruption activity.

  • Corruption in China's higher education system: a malignant tumor

    Since the 1990s, corruption has seriously threatened mainland China's universities in their teaching, research, service to society, and international links and exchanges. The scale of corruption pertains to almost all aspects of higher education. Yet...

    Yang, Rui

    Chestnut Hill, MA, USA, Center for International Higher Education, 2005

  • Transparencia en educación

    Este libro incluye dos estudios sobre experiencias de mejoramiento espectacular de la transparencia y del rendemiento de cuenta en el uso de los recursos en educación. Estudio 1: la experiencia en el manejo del personal de la Secretaría de educación...

    Peña, Margarita, Rodríguez, Jeannette S., Latorre, Carmen Luz, Aranda, Paula

    París, UNESCO, 2005

  • Newspaper

    The question of corruption in academe

    Press

    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.

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