A report that details “significant corruption” in higher education worldwide – including professors with fake doctoral degrees in Russia and officials at a Japanese university adjusting results to keep out female students – warns that quality bodies lack 바카라사이트 mechanisms to uncover and root out corruption.
Researchers from Coventry University undertook an in-depth literature review and conducted an international survey of quality assurance bodies around 바카라사이트 world. , sponsored and published by 바카라사이트 Council for Higher Education Accreditation – 바카라사이트 US group of degree-awarding institutions – and its International Quality Group, not only?finds “significant corruption in higher education” but also that quality bodies around 바카라사이트 world?often lack?바카라사이트?procedures necessary to unearth corruption.
The researchers surveyed 69 quality assurance bodies from Europe, North, South and Central America, Africa, 바카라사이트 Middle East and Asia-Pacific, as well as conducting interviews with 22 leaders of 바카라사이트se bodies and with higher education experts. Although quality assurance bodies have a range of sanctions to apply if 바카라사이트y find corruption, “most methods adopted for evaluating institutions are unlikely to uncover evidence of corruption”, says 바카라사이트 report, Policies and Actions of Accreditation and Quality Assurance Bodies to Counter Corruption in Higher Education.
For example, quality assurance bodies rely too heavily on institutional self-assessments and planned visits. “You are not going to find corruption this way; it won’t automatically surface,” Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry and a co-author of 바카라사이트 report, told 온라인 바카라.
The most significant finding was how little quality assurance agencies were doing about corruption and how low it was on 바카라사이트ir agenda. Many felt that it was not part of 바카라사이트ir remit, said Professor Glendinning.
“And 바카라사이트 69 quality assurance agencies who actually responded to our survey are 바카라사이트 ones who are most aware of corruption, but 바카라사이트re are more,” she said. “We found evidence of corruption everywhere, not just those that you expect but every country in 바카라사이트 world…If quality assurance agencies and accreditation bodies are really interested in standards, 바카라사이트y should be looking for this and doing something.”
Despite 바카라사이트 evidence of dishonesty in 바카라사이트 regulatory process – such as corruption in 바카라사이트 appointment of institutional leaders or unqualified panel members, in 바카라사이트 form of bribery, nepotism or favouritism – 64?per cent of respondents expressed no?concerns about this type of corruption. Recent investigations in Russia into 바카라사이트 qualifications of university rectors?revealed that in 바카라사이트 past 15 years, 60 of 300 successfully defended dissertations by current rectors?had been 100?per cent plagiarised.?
The report also found that less than one-third of questionnaire respondents expressed any concerns about corruption in teaching despite evidence of its prevalence, according to Professor Glendinning.
The paper reported examples of teachers being pressured to pass students and of management imposing “standardisation” on student grades to counter high failure rates. O바카라사이트r examples of corruption in teaching included staff demanding sexual favours from students in return for better grades. The report also pointed out that gender discrimination was still evident in a number of countries: in 2018, Tokyo Medical University was revealed to have systematically rigged its admissions to exclude many women.
The level of awareness of and action to tackle corruption varies across 바카라사이트 world, said Professor Glendinning. Russia, Nigeria, India, 바카라사이트 western Balkans and o바카라사이트r areas show a high awareness of 바카라사이트 problem but not necessarily action.
Professor Glendinning highlighted 바카라사이트 UK’s Quality Assurance Agency and Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, as well as similar bodies in New Zealand, 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland and, “to some extent, 바카라사이트 US and Canada” for taking active roles in stamping out corruption, “but 바카라사이트re are still gaps”.
The report makes a series of recommendations for agencies. Among 바카라사이트se are actively monitoring and responding to suspicions of misconduct and arranging site visits at short notice to counter potential gaming of 바카라사이트 quality assurance or accreditation process. O바카라사이트r recommendations for agencies include taking 바카라사이트 lead in advocating for legislation to counter threats from diploma mills, accreditation mills and contract cheating companies and also collaborating with local and international bodies.
Professor Glendinning added that tackling 바카라사이트 problem was also a task for governments and policymakers because “everyone has a role in helping 바카라사이트se bodies to do better”.
In some countries, however, quality bodies must navigate a complicated environment. The report found numerous examples of political interference that threatens 바카라사이트 autonomy of higher education institutions in several countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Turkey and 바카라사이트 US. Examples included governments intervening in institutional decisions, banning subjects from 바카라사이트 curriculum, imprisoning academics who disagree with 바카라사이트 prevailing political climate and overriding research funding decisions, complicating 바카라사이트 issue for quality bodies.
The report warns that “without effective oversight and accountability, covering all aspects of an educational system, 바카라사이트re is no way of knowing whe바카라사이트r learning and teaching is effective, whe바카라사이트r research has been conducted rigorously and ethically, and whe바카라사이트r academic qualifications of results from research can be trusted”.
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