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    Rising rights violations against students

    Sri Lanka

    Press

    Dinesh De Alwis - University World News

    Two student unions in Sri Lanka have published a report claiming an increase in rights violations against university students. It stated that students have suffered more than 1,000 human rights abuses since 2009. Abuses include hundreds of class cancellations, unlawful imprisonment of students, and unwarranted disciplinary hearings by the universities.

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    Plagiarism controversy raises questions over academic integrity

    Thailand

    Press

    Suluck Lamubol - University World News

    Controversy over plagiarism in the PhD thesis of the director of Thailand's National Innovation Agency, or NIA, has highlighted concerns over academic integrity and a widespread culture of plagiarism. Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University revoked the PhD – for the first time in the institution's history.

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    Corruption? Not in my country

    Uganda

    Press

    Andrew Green - University World News

    A first-year law student at Makerere University, is eager to use "Not In My Country". The website, launched in May, asks students in Uganda to report corruption in higher education – such as lecturers trading higher grades for money or sex – and lets students rate classroom experiences. Confronting corruption, even at university level, is risky, therefore various safeguards are used to protect identities.

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    New fund fraud allegations arise at Ugandan University

    Uganda

    Press

    Mark Schenkel - Radio Netherlands Worldwide

    Investigations into alleged misuse of Dutch government funds at Uganda's main university are deepening. The vice chancellor of Kampala's Makerere University is being questioned about 810,000 euros reported missing. And it's not the first time the top academic administrator is quizzed about where money has gone.

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    Website targets corruption at Ugandan universities

    Uganda

    Press

    Samuel Rubenfeld - The Wall Street Journal

    A website called Notinmycountry.org targets the corruption faced by students in Uganda. The secured site enables students to report acts of corruption by individuals at universities anonymously using a randomly generated username that cannot be linked to the user.

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    45,000 caught cheating at Britain's universities

    UK

    Press

    Brian Brady and Kunal Dutta - The Independent

    Tens of thousands of students in universities across Britain have been caught cheating in exams and coursework – and the trend is on the rise, according to an investigation by The Independent. Over the past three years, more than 45,000 students at 80 institutions have been found guilty of "academic misconduct".

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    Sunnyvale university CEO indicted on visa fraud charges

    USA

    Press

    Lisa M. Krieger and Molly Vorwerck - Mercury News

    Striking a blow at a Silicon Valley school that attracted foreigners with student visas, federal agents raided Sunnyvale's Herguan University and charged its CEO with visa fraud. The charges come a year after an investigation found Herguan was among a group of Bay Area schools that misrepresented information on federal applications, which allowed them to sponsor overseas students for coveted visas.

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    Online classes see cheating go high-tech

    USA

    Press

    Jeffrey R. Young - Chronicle of Higher Education

    Easy A's may be even easier to score these days, with the growing popularity of online courses. Technologically advanced students are finding ways to cheat that let them ace online courses with minimal effort, in ways that are difficult to detect.

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    North Dakota Board of Higher Education tightens policies for international students

    USA

    Press

    Teri Finneman - Bakken Today

    The State Board of Higher Education is working to tighten admission policies for international students after an audit found some Chinese student transcripts submitted to Dickinson State University were fakes.

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    College says it exaggerated SAT figures for ratings

    USA

    Press

    Daniel E Slotnik and Richard Pérez-Peña - The New York Times

    Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school, stated that for the past six years, it has submitted false SAT scores to publications like US News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings.

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