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The video documents an investigation into the sale of fake university degrees in Peru, in front of the headquarters of the Judiciary in Callao. The reporter discovers that this illicit activity is widespread.

Alberta's auditor-general says Medicine Hat College's international education division has been an out-of-control programme that has put the college at "reputational, legal and financial risk". The Auditor-Generals report released last Tuesday shows a record of irregular contracts, questionable expenses and dubious academic standards for the C$1.7-million programme, which focuses on attracting foreign students from multiple countries, and works in partnership with three Chinese institutions, to offer courses overseas for Chinese students who can then transfer to Medicine Hat College.

In this article, Dr John Richard Schrock, who teaches at Emporia State University in Kansas, explains the vast differences between research, citation and teaching styles in Chinese and American university students, citing cultural and education gaps for instances of plagiarism.

The Department of Education has fined Yale University $165,000 for "very serious and numerous" Clery Act violations, stemming from sex offenses that the Ivy League school failed to report, as well as not properly defining areas where crime statistics could be tabulated. The university has come under increased scrutiny in recent years for the manner in which it deals with sexual offenses that occur on its campus.

Chile's newly appointed Minister of Education will face a formidable challenge despite her impressive credentials. Long-standing public anger against Chile's education sector has brought students and their families into the streets on numerous occasions since 2011, demanding free education and an end to for-profit universities. Recently, student protests have ended in violent clashes with police.

The issue of quality assurance in the tertiary education system has become a public concern as a consequence of the scandal in which the president of the National Accreditation Commission and at least two chancellors of private universities were arrested and accused of money laundering, bribery and accepting kickbacks.

A cheating scandal at Harvard College has grown, and this time, the administrators, not students, are under fire. The school has apologized for the way it handled a secret search of the email accounts of resident deans. It conducted the search in an attempt to find who leaked information about the scandal to the media last year.

McGill University Health Centre, a joint university and teaching hospital, has issued a terse statement, confirming that 12 officers of Quebec's Unité permanente anti-corruption raided its offices as part of a wide-ranging investigation into corruption in the province's construction industry.

An associate dean of academic services spends a lot of time studying, lamenting and worrying about cheating in universities, but a Montreal-based online service that propels the activity to a new level made even her wince. The website unemployedprofessors.com has teachers writing papers for students. "So you can play while we make your papers go away" is its tag line.