The number of students caught cheating at the UK’s top universities has shot up by a third in three years, with experts warning that institutions are ignoring the problem. More...
8 mai 2018
7 mai 2018
What works best to help stop bullying in schools?
Bullying in schools has been recognised as a serious and pervasive problem now for at least two decades. There is now also evidence, including from the UK and other European countries, North America and Australia, that traditional forms of bullying in schools have decreased modestly over the last decade or so. More...
21 avril 2018
6 Howard Employees Fired for Fraud
By Grace Bird. Six Howard University employees were fired last year for stealing money from the financial aid department, the president confirmed Wednesday. More...
10 avril 2018
The Federation of the French-speaking students in Belgium denounce ‘Fake Universities’
In 2017, the Federation of the French-speaking students in Belgium (FEF) discovered a network of fake universities: institutions of higher education, which are not qualified to deliver a degree endorsed by the government and use techniques that are intentionally deceitful in order to make students register for their programs. Some of them are located near official universities or use similar designations. More...
25 mars 2018
Fake University Pretended to Be University of Alberta
By Grace Bird. A fake college calling itself California South University stole the University of Alberta's history and campus, The Globe and Mail reported. More...
19 mars 2018
16 mesures pour mieux lutter contre le travail illégal et la fraude au détachement
En 2017, on recensait en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 67 445 salariés détachés, soit 7,4% de l’emploi salarié régional et 13% du nombre total de travailleurs détachés en France (516 000 salariés), pour 25 432 déclarations (11,9% du volume national, 213 647 déclarations). Des chiffres en hausse qui s’expliquent notamment par la généralisation de la déclaration en ligne. Plus...
6 mars 2018
Fraud and Misconduct in Research
Fraud and Misconduct in Research
Nick Roll, Inside Higher Ed, 2017/12/06
Summary of a book that "serves as a look at how (academic)0 fraud, and the response to it, has changed over the years" followed by an interview with the authors. "Fraud in research reflects a systemic problem and does not reflect only an individual level," they write. More...
1 mars 2018
How to fight back against contract cheating
Academic cheating is not new or particularly inventive. There are, all in all, only a few ways to misrepresent your grasp of information.. More...
27 février 2018
University College London fights CV fraud
Imagine getting treated by a doctor with a fake diploma, or losing a job to another candidate who faked his resume. Unfortunately, such cases are all too prevalent these days in various parts of the world where proper documentation verification is too cumbersome or too costly. More...
27 février 2018
Observing and Deterring Social Cheating on College Exams
Observing and Deterring Social Cheating on College Exams
Richard J. Fendler, Michael C. Yates, Jonathan M. Godbey, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018/02/07
This article (11 page PDF) contains a pretty good literature review and summary discussion on cheating. It "introduces a unique multiple choice exam design to observe and measure the degree to which students copy answers from their peers. More...
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