What are the types of corruption in Higher Education?
To address this question we made several groups. This criterion has been chosen as best addressing the issue of corruption internationally.
The groups are as follows: corruption in access to higher education, including violations in national and international educational tests, violations in entry examinations, and bribery; corruption in research and research grants, including violations of the rules of conduct, presentation of results known to be incorrect, fraud, plagiarism, and corruption in obtaining grants; corruption in academic process, including low quality of instruction, unearned diplomas, degrees, and educational certificates, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, diploma fraud, production, distribution, sale, and usage of fraudulent certificates, diploma mills, term papers for sale, including those exchanged through the internet; corruption in auxiliary activities, including intercollegiate athletics; industry-specific corruption in higher education management and administration, including fraud, embezzlement, and provision of false information; corruption in auxiliary branches, including academic publishing, development and provision of educational software, and supply of educational services and goods.