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13 - Governance and Corruption in East and Southeast Asian Higher Education

Close Cousins, Close Encounters

from Part III - Geographies of Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2020

By
Anthony Welch
Edited by
Giliberto Capano  and
Darryl S. L. Jarvis
Giliberto Capano
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
Darryl S. L. Jarvis
Affiliation:
The University of Hong Kong
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Summary

The chapter focuses on the linkage between governance and academic corruption in higher education in Asia. The analysis initially reviews the literature on governance in higher education and argues the close, if complex, link between governance and academic corruption. Subsequently, the chapter details instances and forms of corrupt behaviour in China and several ASEAN member states, in both public and private sector higher education, revealing the close connection of governance to corrupt practices, and underlining the force of, what is, in effect, the product of a wider culture of corruption and fraud.

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academic corruptionChinaEast AsiaSoutheast Asiagovernmentgovernance
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Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education
Comparative Perspectives
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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