Degrees of integrity

The Threat of Corruption in Higher Education

Bibliographic Data

ID4097287
AuthorsDavid W Chapman (0000-0002-1666-4480, University of Minnesota, corresponding author), Samira Lindner
Year2016
Volume41
Issue2
Pages247-268
Publication date2016-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2014.927854
OpenAlexW2039297456
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited22

Corruption in higher education is the focus of growing international concern among governments, educators, students, and other stakeholders. Those working in higher education institutions now face a unique convergence of pressures that is creating a heightened threat to the integrity of the higher education enterprise worldwide. This paper draws on recent measures of the perceived magnitude of corruption, studies of respondents' direct experience with corruption, and case studies of specific instances of corruption to illustrate the nature and extent of corruption in higher education. The authors suggest that the impact of corrupt practices in higher education can have a wider negative influence to the extent that it breaks the link between personal effort and anticipation of reward. The risk is that employees and students come to believe that personal success comes, not through merit and hard work, but through cutting corners

Higher education · Language change · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Academic integrity and plagiarism · Corruption and Economic Development · Engineering · Ethics in Business and Education · Law · Psychology

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