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How to buy a fake degree

29.11.2011 UK

Video

Mail&Guardian -

A journalist from the Mail and Guardian reveals the growing trend of fake degrees, provided by Ashford University and Belford University, which offer life experience qualifications on a fee-only basis, without the need for training or study. These documents are available on the Internet and are being included on resumes at all levels of the employment sector.
Civil society and control of corruption: assessing governance of Romanian public universities

Romania is perceived as the most corrupt EU member state according to Transparency International Corruption Perception Index. In 2008-2009, a grassroots coalition of civil society organizations and education stakeholders created the Coalition for...

Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina, Dusu, Andra Elena

2011
UK: Cheating epidemic at Britain's universities

12.03.2011 UK

Press

David Barrett - The Telegraph

A survey of more than 80 universities has revealed that academic misconduct is soaring at institutions across the country. More than 17,000 incidents of cheating were recorded by universities in the 2009-10 academic year – up at least 50% in four years.
Le Plagiat étudiant

Les médias traitent souvent du plagiat chez les écrivains, les musiciens ou les universitaires. Cette pratique concerne aussi les étudiants dont 34,5% auraient déjà recopié tout ou partie d'un texte pour le présenter comme personnel dans le cadre d...

Guibert, Pascal, Michaut, Christophe

2011
Education vulnerability analysis for the E&E region: education discussion paper

This study examines the educational vulnerability of the 27 countries in the Europe and Eurasia region and updates the 2005 Education Sector Discussion Paper commissioned by the E&E Bureau. Based on the most recent data available, this study measures...

Tietjen, Karen

Washington, D.C., USAID, 2010
Dimensions of quality

The report focusses on the quality of undergraduate education, and analyes the various dimensions of education quality to ascertain increases in resources to the universities in the UK based on the indicators of educational quality. It adapts Bigg's...

Gibbs, Graham

Heslington (UK), HEA, 2010
Wiki-plagiarism endemic in Poland's universities

22.03.2010 Poland

Press

- Polskie Radio

Polish university students are using Wikipedia and "crib sheet" websites as the main source for their master's thesis, a new survey reveals.
Corruption and education

Muriel Poisson

2010 30p.
Promoting citizen engagement in combating corruption in Ukraine (action): final report

Advocacy and monitoring campaigns conducted by strong and capable civil society and mass media organizations can keep anticorruption issues high on the public agenda and can exert considerable pressure on government to implement transparency and...

Weidman, John C.

Washington, D.C., USAID, 2010
Student perception on corruption in the Armenian higher education system

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office in Yerevan invited the European Students' Union (ESU) to conduct an assessment of student democracy in Armenia on the occasion of a study visit in 2008. As a result of this study...

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Yerevan, OSCE, 2010

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