The Challenges of Academic Integrity in Higher Education : Current Trends and Prospects

Corruption in higher education is not a new phenomenon. However, massification, internationalization, privatization and commercialization are requiring universities to focus on issues of ethics as never before. This fifth issue in the CIHE Perspectives report series is devoted to the growing challenges of academic integrity in the global context. Using recent examples, the publication discusses several types of academic corruption at the student, faculty and university administration levels, as well as remedies and measures for mitigating corruption.

The Challenges of Academic Integrity in Higher Education: Current Trends and Prospects raises our collective level of awareness about the current state of academic integrity at universities globally. This primer on the topic exposes researchers to new tools and techniques for analyzing and measuring corruption. Moreover, this analysis should encourage universities to reconsider their policies and procedures with regard to academic integrity