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Combatting academic corruption and enhancing integrity: inventory of key questions for quality assurance and accreditation organizations

As academic corruption expanded further, far beyond degree and accreditation mills alone, CHEA’s International Quality Group (CIQG), working closely with UNESCO’s International Institute for International Planning (IIEP), issued another publication...

Washington, D.C., Council for Higher Education Accreditation (USA), CHEA, 2019
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 universities: paths to integrity in the higher education subsector

Corruption and fraud in higher education is a global scourge that hinders human capital formation, especially in developing countries. It ranges from political capture of universities to favouritism in admissions, diversion of funds, academic...

Kirya, Monica

Bergen, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 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.
QA bodies note progress in fighting academic corruption

03.02.2018

Press

Mary Beth Marklein - University World News

Early research findings on academic corruption suggest that accreditation and quality assurance bodies in some countries are having success in handling the problem, but questions about how to deal with the unwieldy issue remain a work in progress. And while the topic is complex and multifaceted, research on student attitudes towards cheating offers some insights into how an emphasis on integrity might reverse the problem, which has long been the scourge of the higher education accreditation profession.