Human capital implications of Russian higher education corruption
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Corruption in Russian higher education is a significant problem with serious implications for human capital formation and the achievement of a knowledge economy. Higher education is a fundamental source of human capital production for the Russian Federation. This function is realized by training students and objectively signaling graduates ' future productive value. The Russian higher educational system has fundamentally changed since the end of the Soviet Union, expanding on a massive scale, introducing new policy directions and allowing private universities to open. Unfortunately, this expansion has been accompanied by an increase in higher educational corruption. Corruption is a complicated topic that will be defined as any voluntary behavior, including the abuse of trust or authority that harms or trivializes the legitimacy and effectiveness of an otherwise impartial institution or organization. This definition includes important aspects of corruption that are not commonly included in previous studies. Russian higher education corruption is widespread and has roots in the Soviet Union. In its myriad forms, higher education corruption socializes corrupt behavior and undermines both the training and signaling functions of a university in human capital production. The first kind of corruption that can be encountered in a university is financial corruption. This is a prevalent problem, which involves
Author: Robert D. Blaney
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2574566975