Academic fraud refers to plagiarism, plagiarism, possession of other people's research results, or forgery or modification of research data. Academic fraud is first of all a violation of academic ethics and scientific spirit, and it is the product of impetuous and quick success in the academic field.
For the reasons of academic fraud in colleges and universities, some people blame the industrialization of higher education, which only emphasizes quantity, not quality, and quantifies academic and scientific research management. Some people think that it is caused by academic impetuousness in colleges and universities, blindly raising standards and blindly positioning. Others think it is the lack of system in China University. These analyses are not unreasonable, but also point out many problems existing in Chinese universities.
Preventive measures:
Experts and scholars believe that academic fraud must be prevented and punished through moral, institutional and legal construction. Shi Ningzhong, deputy to the National People's Congress and president of Northeast Normal University, believes that the main reasons for academic fraud are unreasonable evaluation system and academic ethics.
He pointed out that when evaluating teaching and scientific research achievements, we can't just rely on the number of papers. Quantitative management of performance evaluation, scientific research award and professional title evaluation. Using an unscientific and unreasonable "baton" has intensified the spread of the academic psychology of quick success and instant benefit, and made the phenomenon of plagiarism and shoddy work worse and worse. Shi Ningzhong said that while studying the academic level and ability of researchers, it is necessary to strengthen the requirements for their moral quality and academic style and establish an "academic outlook on honor and disgrace."