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  • Newspaper

    Academic Freedom in the 21st century

    Press

    Jonathan Travis - University World News

    Academics and students around the world at this very second are being subjected to infringements of their professional and human rights, and most of these violations are going unnoticed. Violations of this kind are not limited to countries with poor human rights records. On the contrary, in the post 9/11 world even the most transparent democracies are showing signs that are a cause for concern. Many institutions and academics in the West are subject to an increasingly sophisticated infrastructure of surveillance, intervention and control.

  • Newspaper

    Cheating is a growing problem facing academia

    Press

    Liz Lightfoot - The Independent

    Companies that employ graduates to write essays and complete assignments for undergraduates claim they are not undermining academic standards because cheating occurs only if the students pass off the work as their own, something they discourage. In the other hand, reduced contact hours between undergraduates and lecturers make it harder for staff to detect work that is out of line with the student's abilities or writing style.

  • Newspaper

    Closing the loop through education

    Press

    Harutyun Aleksanyan - Integrity Action

    Education is an important component of integrity building in any society to empower citizens to act with and demand integrity. Universities have a unique role in teaching and preparing future professionals for the workplace with all its challenges. Education is a necessary and important component and tool for carrying out the Community Integrity Building (CIB) approach.

  • Diploma and accreditation mills: new trends in credential abuse

    This report investigates the new generation of bogus universities, taking a closer look at the involvement of bogus colleges in immigration scams and the phenomenon of online high school diploma mills. It also looks back at the year's developments in...

    Ben Cohen, Eyal, Winch, Rachel

    Bedford, 2011

  • Sub-regional course on PETS: May 2006 - Accra - Ghana, Nigeria

    A sub-regional course on “Public expenditure tracking surveys (PETS) in education” was organised jointly by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and the World Bank Institute (WBI), from 22 to 26 March 2006 in Accra. This course...

    World Bank Institute

    Paris, IIEP, 2006

  • Corrupt schools, corrupt universities: what can be done?

    Rigged calls for tender, embezzlement of funds, illegal registration fees, academic fraud - there is no lack of empirical data illustrating the diverse forms that corruption can take in the education sector. Surveys suggest that fund leakage from...

    Hallak, Jacques, Poisson, Muriel

    Paris, UNESCO, 2007

  • Escolas corruptas, universidades corruptas: o que fazer? Resumo executivo

    Este livro apresenta as conclusões da pesquisa conduzida pelo IIPE no campo da ética e da corrupção em educação. Tem como base todas as atividades realizadas com marco de referência incluindo uma oficina preparatória, visitas de estudo, seminário...

    Hallak, Jacques, Poisson, Muriel

    Brasilia, UNESCO, 2007

  • Anti-corruption approaches: a literature review

    As part of the preparation of a joint evaluation of anti-corruption efforts, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida), the Swedish Agency for Development Evaluation (SADEV), the Swedish International...

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

    Oslo, NORAD, 2009

  • The Global corruption report 2001

    The 2001 Global corruption report concentrates on events in the period July 2000 to June 2001. It is based on Transparency International's definition of corruption as the misuse of entrusted power for private gain. This includes both public and...

    Transparency International

    Berlin, Transparency International (TI), 2001

  • Uses and abuses of governance indicators

    Rapidly rising attention to the quality of governance in developing countries is driving explosive growth in the use of governance indicators by international investors, donors of official development assistance, development analysts and academics...

    Arndt, Christiane, Oman, Charles

    Paris, OECD, 2006

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