Corruption hierarchies in higher education in the former Soviet Bloc

Osipian, Ararat L.

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.08.006

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“…Behrman, Parker, Todd, and Wolpin (2015) reported extensive student cheating when monetary rewards were promised if their mathematics scores were improved during the test. This side effect is likely to be serious in developing countries whose educational system is long known to be plagued by various forms of cheating and corruption (Alutu & Aluede, 2006;Heyneman, 2004;Heyneman, Anderson, & Nuraliyeva, 2007;Kobiowu & Alao, 2009;Osipian, 2009;Vlaardingerbroek, Shehab, & Alameh, 2011). Indian parents scaling the school wall to help their children cheat on the important secondary school exit exam in 2015 is just one recent example (Dearden, 2015).…”

Section: Pay-for-grades In Schoolsmentioning

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Do Pay-for-Grades Programs Encourage Student Cheating? Evidence from a randomized experiment

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2017

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Pay-for-grade programs were adopted in many schools within the past two decades. Despite doubts over its effectiveness in improve students performances, educators worry that monetary incentive could skew student learning motivation and lead to academic cheating. Due to data limitation, there has been scant empirical study on this issue. Using a randomized control trial in Chinese migrant primary schools, we studied the effects of pay-for-grades programs on academic cheating. We provide new insights into the feasibility of such policy to improve learning outcomes, show concerning levels of cheating in Chinese migrant schools, and discuss its policy implications.

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Section: Pay-for-grades In Schoolsmentioning

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Do Pay-for-Grades Programs Encourage Student Cheating? Evidence from a randomized experiment

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2017

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“…Corruption, coercion, and politicization of universities is addressed by Osipian ( 2008c ), including in Central Eurasia (Osipian 2009a ), Russia (Osipian 2012b ), and Ukraine (Osipian 2010b ), with rent derived not in the form of money, but in loyalty to the ruling political regime. Administrative hierarchies and university governance are linked to corruption in works of Osipian ( 2009dOsipian ( , 2010cOsipian ( , 2013a and Waite and Allen ( 2003 ). In addition to college education, corruption in doctoral education is addressed in Osipian ( 2010aOsipian ( , d , 2012d.…”

Section: Higher Education Corruption and Standardized Testingmentioning

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Global and Local: Standardized Testing and Corruption in Admissions to Ukrainian Universities

Osipian

2014

Globalization, International Education Policy and Local Policy Formation

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This chapter addresses public discourse at the intersection of standardized testing , the role of international organizations in it, and the problem of corruption in higher education . It is aimed to resolve by conducting a systematic research of the major Ukrainian media sources for the 5-year period from 2007 to 2011. The standardized test becomes a subject of national public discourse conveyed through the media outlets. The media does not mention virtually any international organizations in its reporting on standardized testing, despite a signifi cant role that foreign agencies have played in the testing initiative in Ukraine since its very inception, nor do the media refer to Western experiences with testing.

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“…Accordingly, corruption is becoming part of the education sector, as it is of other sectors of the economy and the government. The hypothetical evolution of corrupt hierarchies in HEIs points to changing internal structures shaped by the external influences of the market and the state (Osipian 2007b(Osipian , 2009d. The state may be interested in corrupt HEIs as entities it can blackmail and control (Osipian 2008e).…”

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Vouchers, tests, loans, privatization: Will they help tackle corruption in Russian higher education?

Osipian

2009

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Higher education in Russia is currently being reformed. A standardized computer-graded test and educational vouchers were introduced to make higher education more accessible, fund it more effectively, and reduce corruption in admissions to public colleges. The voucher project failed and the test faces furious opposition. This paper considers vouchers, standardized tests, educational loans, and privatization as related to educational corruption. Many criticize the test for increasing educational corruption, but it is needed to replace the outdated admissions policy based on entry examinations. This paper also considers the growing de facto privatization of the nation's higher education system as a fundamental process that should be legalized and formalized. It suggests that the higher education industry should be further restructured, and decentralized and privatized, and sees educational loans as a necessary part of the future system of educational funding.

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Corruption hierarchies in higher education in the former Soviet Bloc

Cited by 66 publications

References 21 publications

Do Pay-for-Grades Programs Encourage Student Cheating? Evidence from a randomized experiment

Do Pay-for-Grades Programs Encourage Student Cheating? Evidence from a randomized experiment

Global and Local: Standardized Testing and Corruption in Admissions to Ukrainian Universities

Vouchers, tests, loans, privatization: Will they help tackle corruption in Russian higher education?

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