This insightful Handbook provides an overview of corruption within the context of higher education. Through a variety of international case studies, theoretical frameworks and methodologies, it examines the underlying issues involved in corruption as well as the damaging impact on scholarly cultures and the academic enterprise.
Leading and emerging global experts discuss how the success of universities is particularly dependent on an honest community of scholars and students, as well as on a research culture based on the tradition of peer review and open analysis. They identify the ways in which corruption can enter academia through direct and indirect student involvement and in monetary or non-monetary forms, including cheating in exams, plagiarism, academic promotions, student admissions and financial crimes. The Handbook further investigates the reputational damage and distrust in higher education that these incidents can create among wider society.
Scholars and students of education policy, academic integrity, corruption studies and sociology will greatly benefit from this informative Handbook. Timely and engaging, it is also an essential resource for policymakers and practitioners in university management and higher education.
This insightful Handbook provides an overview of corruption within the context of higher education. Through a variety of international case studies, theoretical frameworks and methodologies, it examines the underlying issues involved in corruption as well as the damaging impact on scholarly cultures and the academic enterprise.
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The Handbook on Corruption in Higher Education offers a wide-ranging exploration of unethical practices and policies affecting colleges and universities around the world. The Handbook is a groundbreaking contribution to the global literature in an under-researched area in international and comparative higher education. It is an essential read for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding and combating the challenges that threaten the integrity of and trust in higher education institutions. -- Francesca B. Purcell, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA The Handbook on Corruption in Higher Education is a welcome addition to the academic literature on a multi-faceted phenomenon that threatens academic integrity and reduces trust in the value of higher education. As policymakers, university leaders, and academics are increasingly struggling with the implications of the digital revolution and the advent of artificial intelligence, the comprehensive analysis offered by the Handbook could not have come at a better time. -- Jamil Salmi, Global Tertiary Education Expert Academic corruption is a rampant phenomenon in todays world, yet its manifestations are rarely researched into or documented. This Handbook is a bold attempt to define academic corruption, identify individual and institutional practices and with such empirical evidence advance the discourse on corruption in higher education. Its advocacy for academic integrity, in an educational landscape increasingly shaped by digital technology and artificial intelligence, is highly convincing and makes for a compelling read for researchers and policy makers. -- N V Varghese, NIEPA and IIT Bombay, India It is an indisputable fact that corruption in higher education exists in all regions of the world, albeit in different forms and varying degrees. There is every indication that it will continue to increase, especially with the advent of new technologies. This unique and timely Handbook, with contributions from scholars from different parts of the world and which boldly exposes the multiple facets and different perspectives of corruption in higher education, is therefore an excellent resource for all higher education stakeholders. -- Goolam Mohamedbhai, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius The problem of corruption in higher education is as serious as it is common, because it undermines the credibility of vital social institutions. This volume brings together an impressive array of leading scholars and cutting edge research that one can only hope will serve to improve the life of universities around the world. -- Gerardo Blanco, Boston College, USA
Contents
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 A critical introduction to academic corruption 2
Elena Denisova-Schmidt
PART II THE SYSTEM MADE ME DO IT
2 Growing opportunities for corruption in higher education 13
Philip G. Altbach and Hans de Wit
3 When does strategic leadership or playing the game cross the line
into corruption? Untangling the complex relationship between
universities and rankings 20
Ellen Hazelkorn
4 Institutional corruption and the marketisation of English
universities: from financialisation and privatisation to unbundling
and asset stripping 39
Cris Shore
5 Addressing systemic forms of corruption affecting educational
standards and quality 59
Irene Glendinning
6 An inclusive classification of illicit practices in education and
higher education 77
Mihaylo Milovanovitch
7 Peer review in the misinformation age 98
A. J. Angulo and Megan Hadley
8 Hiring from within: multi-faceted impact 117
Maria Yudkevich
9 Epistemic violence: a vital dimension of corruption in education 133
Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Vikramaditya (Vik) Joshi
10 Corruption in the post-plagiarism era: weaponizing reputation and
morality in the name of integrity in higher education 146
Sarah Elaine Eaton
PART III OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER CUSTOMS
11 Degrees of corruption in higher education: sketches from the
Asia-Pacific 162
Anthony Welch
12 Degrees of deniability: contract cheating and the value chain of
corruption in higher education experiences from Australia 181
Guy J. Curtis and Cath Ellis
13 Unavoidable but useful? corrupt practices among Chinese
humanities and social sciences academics and students 198
Ling Wang, Rui Yang and Yanzhen Zhu
14 Eradicating corruption in German higher education and research:
policies, practices and prospects 215
Christopher Bohlens
15 Academic corruption in higher education in India: policy and
practice 240
Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal and Brigid Freeman
16 Rent-seeking and corruption: A case study of student admission at
two Indonesian state universities 261
Agustian Sutrisno
17 Scientific fraud in Russia and other post-Soviet countries 278
Andrei A. Rostovtsev, Mikhail S. Gelfand and Larisa G. Melikhova
18 Academic misconduct at Russian universities: forms and
acceptance 296
Elena Denisova-Schmidt
19 The micropolitics of corruption in South African universities 324
Jonathan D. Jansen
20 AI and academic integrity of undergraduate students in the United
Arab Emirates 333
Tatiana Karabchuk and Aizhan Shomotova
21 For-profit colleges and the bad apple mythology in the US 349
A. J. Angulo
PART IV INSTEAD OF A CONCLUSION
22 Education and corruption in my experience 364
Stephen P. Heyneman
Edited by Elena Denisova-Schmidt, Privatdozentin, University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland and Research Fellow, Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), Boston College, USA, Philip G. Altbach, Research Professor and Distinguished Fellow, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA and Hans de Wit, Emeritus Professor of the Practice and Distinguished Fellow, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA
