69.012 - Systemic Academic Corruption in Higher Education: A Global Perspective

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session offers four global studies - from Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, India, and Russia - of systemic academic corruption in higher education. Each of the session’s papers is motivated by three common objectives: 1) to identity the forms of corruption; 2) to ascertain the actors involved; and 3) to describe the institutional culture that enables corrupt practices to flourish. Although the types of corruption depicted in these papers vary, each of the presentations are grounded in theoretical frameworks that clarify our understanding of corruption. By exposing corrupt practices in a variety of cultural contexts, this session will stimulate discussion about the impact of corruption on organizational culture, as well as on individuals working in higher education institutions.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Michael Lanford, University of Southern California

Papers

• Favor Reciprocation Theory in Education: A New Corruption Typology - Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Teachers College, Columbia University; Natasha Mansur, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park

• Academic Corruption: Culture and Trust in Indian Higher Education - William G. Tierney, University of Southern California; Michael Lanford, University of Southern California

• Academic Corruption in China: Insights From the Chinese Literature and a Critical Discourse Analysis - Rui Yang, University of Hong Kong

• Academic Dishonesty Among Students in Russia: Institutional Versus Individual Factors - Igor Chirikov, University of California - Berkeley; Evgeniia Shmeleva, National Research University "Higher School of Economics"

Discussant

• Laura W. Perna, University of Pennsylvania