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Autore: |
Golunov Serghei
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Titolo: |
The elephant in the room : corruption and cheating in Russian universities / / Serghei Golunov
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Pubblicazione: | Stuttgart, Germany : , : ibidem-Verlag, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (133 p.) |
Disciplina: | 378.1958 |
Soggetto topico: | Cheating (Education) |
Education, Higher - Russia (Federation) | |
Cheating (Education) - Russia (Federation) | |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 efforts |
4.3. 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; INDEX | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 prioritiz |
Titolo autorizzato: | The elephant in the room ![]() |
ISBN: | 3-8382-6670-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Tedesco |
Record Nr.: | 9910787001803321 |
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