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Combating academic corruption and enhancing academic integrity through international accreditation standards: the model of Qatar University

Academic institutions aim at achieving the highest standards of education and learning. Consequently, they prohibit academic corruption such as cheating or plagiarism. This article examines how international accreditation and quality assurance...

Matta, Mohamed Y.

2022
Promoting academic integrity in Higher Education: IRAFPA's work in Montenegro

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10.07.2019 The Institute of Research and Action on Fraud and Plagiarism in Academia (IRAFPA*) has become a reference institution in the area of scientific integrity. This is due to the relevance of its operational methodology, its success as both a mediator and in providing individualised support, as well as its institutional certification programme.
Corruption in higher education: policies and actions of accreditation and quality assurance bodies to counter

This report sets out the results from a study conducted during 2017-18 for the Council for Higher Education Accreditation / CHEA International Quality Group (CHEA/CIQG). This study builds on recommendations from the IIEP/UNESCO and CHEA/CIQG Advisory...

Glendinning, Irene, Orim, Stella-Maris, King, Andrew

Washington, D.C., Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2019
Corruption-risk assessment of the Georgian higher education sector

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12.10.2018 Following a corruption-risk assessment, IIEP-UNESCO publishes a set of recommendations to improve the financing, management, and admissions of Georgia's higher education sector.
Strengthen integrity and combat corruption in higher education

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23.08.2018 A group of officials from Kosovo* participated in a study visit to learn from Switzerland’s experience in promoting integrity in higher education.
Cheating university students could get criminal record for plagiarised essays

20.02.2017 UK

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Rachael Pells - Independent

For the first time, students caught cheating could be criminalised amid fears tens of thousands are buying dissertations from websites – a trend ministers say threatens the quality of British university degrees. Universities watchdog the Quality Assurance Agency said hundreds of “essay mills” are charging up to £6,750 for writing a PhD dissertation. Last year the agency published a report into the scale of the issue, which revealed essay services were available at a cost ranging from £15 to thousands of pounds, depending on essay length and complexity.
Academic integrity

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17.02.2017 Varieties of academic fraud include cheating in high-stakes examinations, plagiarism, credentials fraud, and misconduct in reform policies, as documented in IIEP’s publication 'Combating Academic Fraud: Towards a culture of integrity.'