This article explores the phenomenon of corruption that has become common in higher education in developing countries around the world. The available body of literature on educational corruption does not provide sufficient insight on the nature and...

This book summarizes the findings of a research workshop organized by the IIEP on 'Ethics and corruption in education'. It makes a strong case for addressing the issue of corruption in education, based on the experiences of the various participants...

This book documents the importance and extent of academic fraud. It identifies major varieties of academic fraud such as cheating in high stakes examinations, plagiarism, credentials fraud, and misconduct in reform policies. Examples of measures to...

In Finland, The National Advisory Board on Research Ethics published a document "Good scientific practice and procedures for handling misconduct and fraud in science" in 2002. All universities have agreed to follow the exact procedures defined in the...

The Education Support Program (ESP) has published Education in a Hidden Marketplace: Monitoring of Private Tutoring, the result of the Monitoring Private Tutoring Project, initiated by ESP in close cooperation with the Network of Education Policy...

International research project “Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education Across Europe” (IPPHEAE, EU funded, 2010-2013, Project Lead Partner: Coventry University, United Kingdom) carried out a survey in all EU countries. This article is...

In this ethnographic study, I will show that students at Czech university departments employ copying strategies as part of the dominant educational practices centred on the "replication" of authoritative knowledge. In the teaching/learning situations...

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...

Plagiarism is an unfortunate phenomenon in the educational system at all levels that existed in the past, exists today and will exist in the future. Slovakia with its population of 5.4 million, like other countries, has been particularly confronted...