scholarly journals Unpacking Academic Corruption in Zambia’s Higher Education: Forms, Causes and Mitigation Measures

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 55-74
Author(s):  
Alex Mugala ◽  
Gift Masaiti ◽  
Kennedy Mwila
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Academic Corruption

scholarly journals Analyzing the Culture of Corruption in Indian Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
William G. Tierney ◽  
Nidhi S. Sabharwal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
Systemic Corruption ◽  
Academic Corruption

Academic corruption occurs in all institutions and all countries.  It is, however, an area of research that is often difficult to study.  The intent here is to understand what systemic corruption is and how it is done in India.  The authors find a broken culture which enable corrupt practices to occur throughout the system.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of COVID 19 and the factors influencing them among a Rural Population in South India

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-197
Author(s):  
Jenit Osborn ◽  
Kamakshi Priya ◽  
T Satheesh ◽  
Sudha Ramalingam
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Practice ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Mitigation measures to control the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) depends on the public adherence to preventive measures which is influenced by their knowledge and attitude. Aim: To find the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of the rural population toward COVID-19 and to establish its socio-demographic influencing factors. Material and methods: KAP study regarding Covid-19 was done among the rural population during August 2020 using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Among 500 participants, the mean knowledge, attitude and practice score was 21.55± 2.9  ( Range 0- 30 ), 30.0± 2.88 ( Range 12- 36 ) 9.4± 1.25 ( Range 0-13 ) respectively. Higher knowledge was associated with higher education and employed individuals. Favourable attitude was among those aged <35 years and having higher education. Optimistic practices were exhibited by employed individuals and when children <12 years are present in their home. Conclusions: Study participants preceded good knowledge, positive attitude towards COVID-19 but practice is not sufficient enough to win the battle against the dreadful disease due to considerable knowledge- practice gap.

scholarly journals The Asian Higher Education Century?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
Academic Professions ◽  
Academic Corruption

Though the 2009 world university rankings showed a slight increase in the number of Asian universities, it does not automatically mean the rest of the world's university is deteriorating. Though different Asian countries take different strategies for improvement, and difficult to generalize, there are still impediments for the world-class quality: hierarchical relationships, a lower degree of academic freedom, less-selective promotion systems, less-interactive teaching methods, academic corruption in some countries, a use of local language, and lower salaries for academic professions would be impediments for the world-class quality.

Fraud in higher education: a system for detection and prevention

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony de Souza-Daw ◽  
Robert Ross
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Accreditation Process ◽  
Corrupt Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Academic Corruption ◽  
Policy And Procedure ◽  
Made In

Purpose Academic corruption and fraudulent practices have become problematic in recent years. Governments around the world have introduced dedicated higher education commissions to regulate higher education providers. The purpose of this paper is to design a system for the detection and prevention framework of fraudulent behaviour in higher education. Design/methodology/approach This paper performs a survey on academic misconduct practices and expands the survey by analysing the accreditation process. This study further identifies common corrupt practices in the accreditation process with reference to particular accreditation standards or laws. If the accreditation process is as thorough as, this paper is led to believe, a higher institute may stop being compliant immediately after the accreditation process. playing a catch-me-if-you-can at the next accreditation cycle. The survey of the accreditation process and identification of corrupt practices lead to an identification of preventative and detective measures. Findings The review of accreditation procedures and conditions identifies that fraudulent practices can occur at every part of any policy and procedure. The framework prevents repudiation and allows for spontaneous investigations internally and externally. The blockchain prevented changes to the system and allow for auditing of changes. A system such as this could suppress accreditation fraud and minimise its corrupt impact. Not to mention identify with relative ease the severity and life of corrupt practice. Originality/value Contributions are made in the framework for detecting and preventing corrupt practices in Higher Education using blockchain immutable transactions. This enables real-time accreditation compliance checks and monitoring of conditions. External complaints or reviews can be conducted with minimum interactions from higher education providers.

scholarly journals Academic Culture and Talent Cultivation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-150
Author(s):  
Célestine Laure Djiraro Mangue ◽  
Jean Gonondo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Creative Talent ◽  
Academic Organization ◽  
Academic Corruption

This study aims at introducing and discussing the concept of ‘academic culture,’ the Chinese concept of ‘talent cultivation’, and the influence of ‘academic culture’ in the process of ‘talent cultivation’in the Chinese context. It uses the analysis of some observation notes and relevant literature that examines the issue of ‘academic culture’. The Chinese ‘talent cultivation’is fascinating and seems useful due to the significant development of the higher education system with the increasing internationalization and the innovation of scholars. However, some challenges such as academic scandals and academic corruption, the falsification and plagiarism of academic achievements, the phenomenon of money-worshipping, the vulgar pragmatism, the utilitarianism, the academic creation of falsehood, the culture of guanxi, the lack of talent competition, and the lack of competition with consciousness remain actual. It appears that the cultivation of creative talent and innovative research involves the enhancement of the whole academic organization and environment.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education in India: Lessons Learned and Mitigation Measures

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
C.P. Kaushal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Online News ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact

Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a communicable disease caused by a newly detected severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 virus has spread all over the world including India. This corona virus pandemic has radically disrupted all the sectors including education sector, which affects the socio-economic conditions of the people and education system. This study is aiming to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on educational institutions, especially imparting higher education and related stakeholders till date, when the government has taken early decisions to breakdown the spread of virus among the community. The study is descriptive and analytical in nature where the information has been collected from the various official websites, newspapers, online news articles, and discussions with colleagues working in the higher education setup. This review study suggested some measures to overcome the situation such as special hygiene and health related measures like social distancing, using precautionary tools and equipment and some socioeconomic and technological measures such as economic supports for redesigning of the sector, public private partnerships in education system, digitization of the study techniques and educational infrastructure and use of Indian traditional knowledge. The higher education plays a key role for socio-economic development of the people in any country and with the implementation of these suggestive measures, the country will move forward and ensure the overall progress in education sector.

Institutional Attitudes Towards Research-Related Academic Integrity in Recently Internationalizing Higher Education Institutions

2019 ◽  
pp. 283-302
Author(s):  
Ceren Ergenç ◽  
Serap Emil
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Ranking Systems ◽  
Systems Quality ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
Academic Corruption

Higher education systems throughout the world are mostly based on the institutions and values of the Western education system. World university ranking systems, quality assurance mechanisms, assessment frameworks, promotion, and evaluation systems are universalized. Many universities in developing countries have now joined these ranking systems and introduced vigorous faculty promotion criteria to create world-class universities. Research reveals that those who publish in predatory journals are mostly young and inexperienced researchers from developing countries. China and Turkey are among the countries frequently associated with predatory journals and related academic corruption schemes. In this chapter, both regulations and discourses that shape the institutional cultures in these two countries that are in close cooperation with the EU regarding higher education are examined. It is concluded that there is a global diffusion of rules and values, and national identity construction processes influence actual practices.

scholarly journals Battling Academic Corruption in Higher Education: Does External Quality Assurance (EQA) Offer a Ray of Hope?

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lazarus Nabaho ◽  
Wilberforce Turyasingura
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
External Quality Assurance ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
National Quality ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Academic Corruption

The post-1980s changes in the global higher education landscape have triggered a burgeoning of incidents of academic corruption in higher education institutions. Since 2000, the discourse on how to combat academic corruption has gained traction in higher education and quality assurance is advanced as one of the strategies for fighting corruption in higher education. In 2016, UNESCO (and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation) issued a “wakeup call” to quality assurance systems to take up a leading role in the battle against academic corruption. However, a dearth of empirical and conceptual studies on how the quality assurance systems, in general, and external quality assurance systems, in particular, can take up a leading role in the crusade against academic corruption exists. This conceptual paper, using the crime-punishment model as an analytical lens, explores how the national quality assurance agencies (and systems) can exercise the leadership role in combating academic corruption. The paper advances the setting of academic integrity standards, institutional and programme accreditation, accreditation of academic journals, sharing information and promoting whistleblowing, monitoring of institutions, applying sanctions, and ranking of higher education institutions on the basis of integrity indicators as options that are available to quality assurance agencies in the exercise of their leadership role in combating academic corruption. These approaches are hypothesised to create both incentives and disincentives for the institutions and staff in connection with engaging in academic corruption. Nevertheless, the paper takes cognisance of the fact that external quality assurance is necessary but not sufficient in combating corruption at the level of the academy.

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