04253oam 2200829 c 450 991097508700332120251102090541.0978383826670138382667069783838266701(CKB)3710000000268458(EBL)1801737(Au-PeEL)EBL1801737(CaPaEBR)ebr11025169(OCoLC)903573397(MiAaPQ)EBC1801737(Perlego)773269(ibidem)9783838266701(EXLCZ)99371000000026845820251102d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Elephant in the Room: Corruption and Cheating in Russian Universities /Sergey Golunov, Andreas Umland1st ed.Hannoveribidem20141 online resource (133 p.)Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society132Includes index.9783838206707 3838206703 9783838205700 3838205707 TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1. The problem; 1.2. Existing works on the topic; 1.3. The approach; 1.4. Book structure; 2 VULNERABILITIES OF THE RUSSIAN HIGHEREDUCATION SYSTEM; 2.1. Russian higher education system at a glance; 2.2. Some key system trends of the post-Soviet period; 2.3. Influence of environment; 2.4. Conclusion; 3 CORRUPTION AND CHEATING PRACTICES; 3.1. Conceptualisations; 3.2. Corruption; 3.3. Cheating; 3.4. Consequences; 3.5. Conclusion; 4 COUNTERACTION EFFORTS; 4.1. Strategies and best practices; 4.2. Official efforts4.3. Academic and student activism4.4. International impact; 4.5. Conclusion; 5 CONCLUSIONS; 5.1. Roots and relative importance of malpractices; 5.2. Damage from malpractice; 5.3. Efficiency of counteraction measures; 5.4. Recommendations; INDEXThis book offers a long overdue account of the wide range of corruption and cheating practices in Russian higher education, including bribery, financial fraud, clientelism, plagiarism, exam cheating, and much more. Serghei Golunov ruthlessly uncovers the recent social trends that have created a favourable ground for such malpractices and evaluates the efficiency of measures taken against corruption and fraud by various actors. Although corruption and cheating are so wide-spread in most Russian universities that the real value of their diplomas is very questionable, these problems are prioritized neither by higher education managers nor by foreign actors such as partner universities, participants of the Bologna process, or the authors of global university rankings."In his latest book [Serghei Golunov] provides a very detailed analysis of the dramatic situation at Russian universities. [...] Why is corruption in Russian higher education so endemic and what can be done about it? The author describes some official efforts - including reforms involving public punishment such as the arrest of university rectors - and suggests some new remedies, including (online) social activism. [...] this book is very well done."Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society.corruptioncheatingRussiauniversitieseducationbriberyfinancial fraudclientelismplagiarismexamBologna processcorruptioncheatingRussiauniversitieseducationbriberyfinancial fraudclientelismplagiarismexamBologna process378.1958Golunov Sergeyaut1837172Umland AndreasedtMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910975087003321The Elephant in the Room: Corruption and Cheating in Russian Universities4415545UNINA