This paper addresses the issue of “dissertations for sale” in Russia. The tasks of this anthropological study include … establishing the problem of corruption in doctoral education, identification of the dissertations suppliers, study of the specific … firms that offer dissertations for sale in Russia. It concludes that the cost of the dissertations market extends far beyond …

dissertations or qualifications of newly produced doctorates. Such a trend may in part be a result of the growing corruption in … Federation. It describes corruption in conferring doctoral degrees in its most explicit forms and focuses on possible solutions … corruption in doctoral education really a bad thing? Is it possible to stop such a practice and how? Answering these questions …

This paper argues that corruption is used on a systematic basis as a mechanism of direct and indirect administrative …

scale and scope of corruption in higher education in the former Soviet Bloc as well as numerous other countries urges a … better understanding of the problem within the context of socio-economic transformations. Corruption in higher education is …

This paper considers corruption in higher education in Russia as reflected in the national media, including such … aspects as corruption in admissions to higher education institutions and corruption in administering the newly introduced … standardized test. The major focus is on the opinions of the leading figures of the education reform as related to corruption in …

This paper considers corruption in higher education in Ukraine as reflected in the national media, including such … aspects as corruption in admissions to higher education institutions and corruption in administering the newly introduced … standardized test. The major focus is on the opinions of the leading figures of the education reform on corruption in education …

Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as …

Education in Central Eurasia has become one of the industries, most affected by corruption. Corruption in academia … addressed in few scholarly works. This paper considers corruption in higher education as a product of interrelations between the … government and academia. A substantial block of literature considers excessive corruption as an indicator of a weak state. In …

education. Different approaches to the development of the regional higher education systems in Russia are explored in the paper … regional socio-economic development priorities. The typology of regional higher education systems in Russia is presented in the …