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  • Newspaper

    China arrests teachers over exam cheating allegations

    China

    Press

    - The Associated Press

    Corruption is a widespread problem; exam cheating is on the rise with technologies such as cell phones.

  • Newspaper

    Thailand embroiled in Exam Scandal

    Thailand

    Press

    Martha Ann Overland - Chronicle of Higher Education

    Senior government officials involved in a scandal over whether university entrance examinations were leaked.

  • Newspaper

    La Salle formally charged for fraud.

    USA

    Press

    Elizabeth Tabak - The Jambar

    La Salle University, a religious degree-granting correspondence university, was shut down by the FBI for issuing falsely accredited degree in 1996. Due to the fraud, the students were notified personally or through advertisements that they could receive restitution from the over $ 10 million seized from La Salle. However, due to a bad computer system it is still possible that some students were left out.

  • Newspaper

    Teachers receive $30,000 in raises for fake degrees

    Liberia

    Press

    - CNN

    A school may demand that six teachers repay nearly $ 30,000 in pay raises they received after obtaining fake degrees from an online school.

  • Newspaper

    Consumer alert : Top 10 signs online diploma mills and degree mills

    Press

    Vicky Phillips - GetEducated.com

    Las fábricas de diplomas son universidades fantasmas que venden certificados académicos en lugar de proporcionar experiencia educativa. Cuando la Web GetEducated empezó a hacer un listado de los centros de formación a distancia en 1989, había menos de 50 centros abiertos al público. Hoy en día existen más de 750. GetEducated ha redactado una lista de 10 'señales de alarma' que ayuden a evitar adquirir un diploma universitario falso.

  • Newspaper

    Cheating widespread on Afghanistan exams

    Afghanistan

    Press

    Daniel Del Castillo - Chronicle of HE

    Results for university admission exams are cancelles for more than 6,000 students from Kabul and its region; the answers had been revealed and corruption affected the exam process.

  • Newspaper

    Corruption wins over schools

    Cameroon

    Press

    - Le Quotidien Mutations

    The children know that they can pay to get better marks. Other methods are also familiar such as sale of diplomas, « correction » of the mark report or embezzlement of school money by the teachers.

  • Newspaper

    Fake universities thrive on the web

    UK

    Press

    - BBC News

    Web-based bogus UK universities appear to be thriving despite the efforts of the authorities to shut them down. UK and US trading standards officials last year closed down 14 websites offering fake British degrees for up £1,000 each. The certificates, from 14 made-up institutions, were said to have been used by hundreds of unqualified people, mainly in North America, to gain jobs in areas such as teaching, computing and childcare.

  • Corruption in the higher education system of Georgia

    This report analyzes the level of corruption within the higher education system of Georgia. It uncovers the main reasons for the existence of corruption and the variables influencing it. The research recommends and discusses possible ways of...

    Rostiashvili, Ketevan

    Tbilisi, TraCCC CO, 2004

  • Preventing corruption in the education system: a practical guide

    This practical guide addresses those responsible for development cooperation projects aiming to promote reform in the education sector. They are intended to provide ideas and practical support, and to indicate ways of integrating corruption...

    German Agency for Technical Cooperation

    Eschborn (Germany), GTZ, 2004

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