ABSTRACT
The inadequate preparation of students, the poor quality of teaching, the chronic shortage of funds, the deterioration of standards, the tenure system, the politicization of academic life are some among the various explanations that have been proposed. There are, of course, great differences among institutions and academics in how much of their resources are or should be devoted to teaching and how much to research. In addition to upholding the truth through teaching and research, academics have the secondary responsibility of taking part in the administration of their institutions. The justification for the existence of academic institutions is that by upholding the truth they make an indispensable contribution to the wellbeing of the society of which they are part. An example of academic corruption is the intertwined process of grading and the evaluation of teaching. Another example of academic corruption is the way in which new faculty members are recruited.
