Corruption in Higher Education: Global Challenges and Responses

Corruption in Higher Education: Global Challenges and Responses
ISBN-10
9004433872
ISBN-13
9789004433878
Category
Education
Pages
182
Language
English
Published
2020
Publisher
Global Perspectives on Higher
Author
Elena Denisova-Schmidt

Description

"The lack of academic integrity combined with the prevalence of fraud and other forms of unethical behavior are problems that higher education faces in both developing and developed countries, at mass and elite universities, and at public and private institutions. While academic misconduct is not new, massification, internationalization, privatization, digitalization, and commercialization have placed ethical challenges higher on the agenda for many universities. Corruption in academia is particularly unfortunate, not only because the high social regard that universities have traditionally enjoyed, but also because students-young people in critical formative years-spend a significant amount of time in universities. How they experience corruption while enrolled might influence their later personal and professional behavior, the future of their country, and much more. Further, the corruption of the research enterprise is especially serious for the future of science. The contributors to Corruption in Higher Education: Global Challenges and Responses bring a range of perspectives to this critical topic"--

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