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  • Newspaper

    Bar-Ilan fined by Israel's higher education council for lax admissions standards

    Israel

    Press

    Talila Nesher - Haaretz

    Bar-Ilan University was fined by the Council of Higher Education for admitting students without bachelor's degrees to graduate programs. The panel ruled that Bar-Ilan will be responsible for financing the undergraduate degrees of students who were enrolled in violation of the Council of Higher Education's guidelines.

  • Newspaper

    Education Minister urges new ethics code to end row over teaching Zionism

    Israel

    Press

    Or Kashti - Haartez

    Professors say that 'code of ethics' would destroy academia, intervention by outside body endangers academic freedom.

  • The Global corruption report 2006

    The 2006 Global corruption report focuses on corruption and health. It includes expert reports on: the risks of corruption in different health care systems; the scale of the problem: from high-level corruption in Costa Rica to counterfeit medicines...

    Transparency International

    Berlin, TI, 2006

  • Newspaper

    Latvia university operator gets jail time for selling degrees

    Israel, Latvia

    Press

    - Haarets/ World Education News & Reviews

    The head of an Israeli company that served as the Israeli branch of the University of Latvia and Burlington College was sentenced to 30 months in jail. He was accused of bribing members of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, and other public officials and also of selling degrees to public officials for promotion and pay-increase purposes.

  • Newspaper

    Israeli Officials Questioned on Fraud

    Israel

    Press

    Laurie Copans - Associated Press Writer

    Israel grants government workers 10 to 20% pay increases for every advanced degree they earn; and as a result, dozens of civil servants, including top education officials, have been put under investigation for obtaining fake degrees.

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