Academic dishonesty and counterproductive student behaviors are an ongoing concern in higher education. Over the years, multiple methods to promote student integrity have been proposed, including the use of honor codes. Collegiate honor systems, which make students collectively responsible for campus integrity, are sometimes paired with mandatory…

The objective of this study is to review the author/submission guidelines of dental journals and assess their plagiarism policies. A questionnaire based on seven variables was used to extract plagiarism-checking guidelines from the author/submission guidelines of the 50 dental journals subjected to scrutiny. Author/submission guidelines of two…

Neoliberalism absolutises economic and market rationality and foregrounds values that serve the economy's exclusive needs. As a result, it not only alters the aims and objectives of education but also erodes, marginalises and replaces authentic pedagogical and social values with marked values such as individualism, competition, performance,…

This article investigates the state of AI regulations from diverse geopolitical contexts including the European Union, the United States, China, and several African nations, and their implications for learning analytics (LA) and AI research. We used a comparative analysis approach of 11 AI regulatory documents and applied the OECD framework to…

This study aims to provide a systematic review of research in the field of higher education reform in China. We analyzes 30,952 publications collected from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) spanning from 1949 to 2023 and employs CiteSpace and Microsoft Excel for bibliometric analysis. It was found that the research on higher education…

This paper critically examines how local government units (LGUs) in Davao Oriental, Philippines, can articulate their engagement with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) communication policies. The analysis uses Mumby's (1997) four discourses of communication research--representation, understanding, suspicion, and vulnerability--as a theoretical…

The adoption of the Lisbon Strategy in 2000 marked the beginning of a European (adult) education policy defined by common goals, implementation tools and financial resources. Adult education (AE) policy is exercised in the form of "soft law" and supported by various governance mechanisms and policy instruments, such as funding schemes.…

This paper examines accounting textbooks used in Indonesia to understand the imperialism-education nexus in the contemporary setting. The study is informed by the critical lens of postcolonial theory. In particular, the notions of mimicry and hybridity, comprador class and silencing subaltern groups have been used to shed light on the effect of…

Background: Programmes that provide scientists and engineers with support to engage in public policy have proliferated in the United States, with many opportunities available for training, networking and placements within government and government-facing organisations. This trend suggests that an evolution may be occurring at the science--policy…

Purpose: The primary purpose of this policy analysis is to examine how states changed their principal performance evaluation systems since the passage of Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015. In particular, we focus on whether states have capitalized on the flexible policy landscape to make space for meaningful family and community engagement (FCE)…

Empirical policy analyses have hitherto largely focused on how formal institutions and agents (such as schools and ministries) formulate and enact policy. Less considered is the role and perspectives of families in mediating education policy. This paper discusses the importance of viewing families as not only policy subjects, but policy actors who…

Sweden aspires to become 'the best in the world at utilizing the opportunities of digitalization' and is internationally recognized for its digital performance. Education has been identified as instrumental for the digital transformation of Swedish society, and efforts are made to accelerate the digitalization of the educational system. As…

Understanding how to make the world a better place requires interdisciplinary knowledge. Public policy analysis helps policymakers arrive at informed policy decisions. The policy analysis process involves public problem definition and data collection, stakeholder identification, a rationale for government involvement, evaluation criteria,…

The topic of the Federal Reserve's (the Fed's) implementation of monetary policy has a significant presence in economics textbooks. Unfortunately, as the Fed purposefully shifted the way it implements monetary policy to an environment with ample reserves in the banking system, many textbooks have not kept up. The authors walk through the key…

Following a high-quality early care and pre-K experience, the kindergarten-through-third-grade years set the foundation upon which future learning builds; and strengthening this continuum creates opportunities for later success. Key components of a quality experience in K-3 include school readiness and transitions, kindergarten requirements,…