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Ararat Osipian with Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus, May 2007

Ararat L. Osipian

Educational Leadership and Policy

Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations

Peabody College of Education

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN, USA

DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE

of corruption in the former Soviet Union

Glossary of Higher Education Corruption with explanations

English version Russian version

Ph.D. candidate,

Higher Education Policy

Dept. of LPO

Peabody College of Education,

Vanderbilt University,

Office Address:

Dept. LPO,

Peabody College of Education,

Box 414 GPC,

230 Appleton Place

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN, 37203, USA

e-mail:

ararat.osipian@vanderbilt.edu

Current Address:

3105 Bellwood st., Apt. H,

Nashville, TN, 37203, USA

e-mail:

araratos@yahoo.com

Links:

Corruption info cites/orgs:

http://www.unesco.org/iiep/

http://www.transparency.org/

http://www.globalintegrity.org/

www.worldbank.org/anticorruption

http://www.nobribes.info

http://www.eurasia.org/

http://www.oag.state.ny.us/

http://www.stopcorruption.ru/

Paper depositories:

http://www.eric.ed.gov

www.ssrn.com

http://repec.org/

http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/

Conferences:

www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA

www.stanford.edu/group/SITE

Curriculum Vitae (complete version, pdf)

English                Russian             Ukrainian

Ararat L. Osipian

Current research:

corruption in higher education, inequalities in access to higher education, economics of transition, education--economic growth nexus

EDUCATION

PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy, Vanderbilt University, expected 2009

MA, Economics, Vanderbilt University, 2002

PhD, Political Economy, Kharkov National University V. N. Karazin, Ukraine, 1999

MSc, Economics, Highest Honors, Kharkov National University, Ukraine, 1995

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2002-2004, Research Assistant, Project of Cooperation in Higher Education Management between Vanderbilt University and Universities in Kazakhstan, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Vanderbilt University, USA

1999-2000, Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Theory, Kharkov State Technical University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine

1997-1999, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Kramatorsk Economic-Humanitarian University, Ukraine

RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS (Bibliography):

Books:

1.      Osipian, Ararat L. (2009). The Impact of Human Capital on Economic Growth: A Case Study in Post-Soviet Ukraine, 1989-2009. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 256 p. (in English).

2.      Osipian, Ararat L. (2007). Economic Growth: Education as a Factor of Production. Kramatorsk: KEHI Press, 720 p. (in Russian).

3.      Osipian, Ararat L. (2001). Economy of the Welfare State: Foundations and Creation under the Conditions of Market Transformation. Donetsk: Lebed, 303 p. (in Russian).

Journal articles:

1.      Osipian, A. (2009). “Feed from the Service”: Corruption and Coercion in the State—University Relations in Central Eurasia. Research in Comparative and International Education, 4(2), pp.

2.      Osipian, A. (2009). Vouchers, Tests, Loans, Privatization: Will They Help Tackle Corruption in Russian Higher Education? Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, forthcoming.

3.      Osipian, A. (2009). Investigating Corruption in American Higher Education: The Methodology. FedUni Journal of Higher Education, May, 4(2), pp. 49-81.

4.      Osipian, A. (2009). Corruption and Reform in Higher Education in Ukraine. Canadian and International Education Journal, 38(1), pp.

5.      Osipian, A. (2009). Corruption Hierarchies in Higher Education in the former Soviet Bloc. International Journal of Educational Development, 29(3), pp. 321-330.

6.      Osipian, A. (2008). Political Graft and Education Corruption in Ukraine: Compliance, Collusion, and Control. Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, 16(4), pp. 323-344.

7.      Osipian, A. (2008). Corruption and Coercion: University Autonomy versus State Control. European Education: Issues and Studies, 40(3), pp. 27-48.

8.      Osipian, A. (2008). Corruption in Higher Education: Does it Differ Across the Nations and Why? Research in Comparative and International Education, 3(4), pp. 345-365.

9.      Osipian, A. (2008). Book Review of Corrupt Schools, Corrupt Universities: What Can Be Done? Paris: Institute for International Educational Planning by Jacques Hallak and Muriel Poisson. Canadian and International Education Journal, 37(2), pp. 99-101.

10.  Osipian, A. (2007). Corruption in Higher Education: Conceptual Approaches and Measurement Techniques. Research in Comparative and International Education, 4(2), pp. 313-332.

11.  Osipian, A. (2007). Corruption as a Legacy of the Medieval University (Russian version). Higher Education in Europe, forthcoming.

12.  Osipian, A. (2007). Corruption Hierarchies in Education in Developing and Transition Societies. In D. Thompson and F. Crampton (Eds.), UCEA Conference Proceedings for Convention 2007. DOI http://coe.ksu.edu/ucea/2007/Osipian1_UCEA2007.pdf

13.  Osipian, A. (2007). Replacing University Entry Examinations with Standardized Tests in Russia: Will It Reduce Corruption? In D. Thompson and F. Crampton (Eds.), UCEA Conference Proceedings for Convention 2007. DOI http://coe.ksu.edu/ucea/2007/Osipian2_UCEA2007.pdf

14.  Osipian, A. (2007). Higher Education Corruption in Ukraine: Opinions and Estimates. International Higher Education, 49, pp. 21-22.

15.  Osipian, A., & Osipian, A. (2006). Why Donbass Votes for Yanukovych: Confronting the Ukrainian Orange Revolution. Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, 14(4), pp. 495-519.

16.  Osipian, A. (2003). Reforming Governance in Higher Education: Experience of the UK. European Dialog, 2, pp. 34-46.

17.  Osipian, A. (2003). Reforming Governance in Higher Education: Experience of the UK. European Dialog, 1, pp. 36-51.

18.  Osipian A. (1999). The Vector of Regional Interests: Conditions and Tendencies of Protection. (in Russian). Journalist, 5-6, pp. 19-21.

19.  Osipian A. (1998). Organizational Forms of Employment in the Stage of Unemployment Rate Increasing. (in Russian). Actual Problems of Economic and Humanitarian Development of Ukraine on the Border of Centuries. Kramatorsk, Vol. 1, pp. 24-30.

20.  Osipian A. (1998). Pension Insurance. (in Russian). Business Inform, 5, pp. 72-74.

21.  Osipian A. (1998). Social Insurance from Unemployment. (in Russian). Business Inform, 4, pp. 71-73.

22.  Osipian A. (1997). Health Insurance: Problems and Perspectives. (in Russian). Business Inform, 18, pp. 47-50.

23.  Osipian A. (1997). Pension System Reform. (in Russian). Business Inform, 10, pp. 42-43.

24.  Osipian A. (1997). Problems of Organization of Health Insurance in Ukraine. (in Russian). Business Inform, 8, pp. 45-46.

25.  Osipian A. (1997). Participation in Public Work and Mass Unemployment. (in Russian). Business Inform, 6, pp. 44-45.

Papers presented at the conferences:

1. Osipian, A. Corruption in the Higher Education Industry: Legal Cases in the Context of Change (in English). Annual Conference of the University Council for Education Administration (UCEA), Anaheim, CA, November 2009.

2. Osipian, A. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Political Corruption of Russian Doctorates (in English). Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), San Francisco, CA, August 2009.

3. Osipian, A. Corrupt Organizational Hierarchies in the Former Soviet Bloc (in English). Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), San Francisco, CA, August 2009.

4. Osipian, A. Grey Areas in the Higher Education Sector Finance: Illegality versus Corruption (in English). Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association (AEFA), Nashville, TN, March, 2009.

5. Osipian, A. Modeling Educators’ Misconduct with Cellular Automata (in English). Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Boston, MA, August, 2008.

6. Osipian, A. Corruption Hierarchies in Education in Developing and Transition Societies (in English). Annual Conference of the University Council for Education Administration (UCEA), Alexandria, VA, November 2007.

7. Osipian, A. Replacing University Entry Examinations with Standardized Tests in Russia: Will It Reduce Corruption? (in English). Annual Conference of the University Council for Education Administration (UCEA), Alexandria, VA, November 2007.

8. Osipian, A. Higher Education Corruption in the World Media: Prevalence, Patterns, and Forms (in English). 32^nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Louisville, KY, November 2007.

9. Osipian, A. “Feed from the Service”: Corruption and Coercion in the State—University Relations (in English). Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS, Harvard), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, October, 2007.

10. Osipian, A. Corruption and Reform of Russian Higher Education (in English). Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), NYC, August, 2007.

11. Osipian, A. Graft in Academia: International Perspectives on Corruption in Higher Education (in English). Annual Conference “Beyond Borders: Global Change and Education in Action.” New York University, NYC, March, 2007.

12.  Osipian, A. Corruption in Secondary and Higher Education: Conceptual Approaches and Investigative Techniques (in English). 51^st Anniversary Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, February, 2007.

13.  Osipian, A. Human Capital--Economic Growth Nexus in the Former Soviet Bloc (in English). 51^st Anniversary Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, February, 2007.

14.  Osipian, A. Higher Education Corruption in the World Media: Prevalence, Patterns, and Forms (in English). Research Conference and International Forum. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, February, 2007.

15.  Osipian, A. Why Donbass Votes for Yanukovich: Confronting the Orange Revolution in Ukraine (in English). 101^th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Montreal, Canada, August, 2006.

16.  Osipian, A. Corruption in Higher Education in Organizational Perspective: Case of the Former Soviet Bloc (in English). 50^th Anniversary Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) “Rethinking the Comparative,” University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, March, 2006.

17.  Osipian, A. Politicized University: Lessons from the Orange Revolution in Ukraine (in English). 100^th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Philadelphia, PA, August, 2005.

18.  Osipian, A. Measurements of Inequalities in Access to Higher Education: Case of the Russian Federation (in English). Annual Meeting of American Education Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada, April, 2005.

19.  Osipian, A. Corruption and Coercion: University Autonomy versus State Control (in English). Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) “Beyond Dichotomies,” Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, March, 2005.

20.  Osipian, A. Anatomy of Corruption: A Clinical Investigation (in English). Research Conference and International Forum. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, February, 2005.

21.  Osipian, A. Corruption as a Legacy of the Medieval University (in English). 29^th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Kansas City, November 2004.

22.  Osipian, A. Legacies of Medieval Universities of Bologna and Paris: What to Preserve and What to Leave Behind (in English and Russian). International Scientific-Practical Conference “Perspectives of Development of the Social Sciences and Humanities in Classical Universities (sociology, psychology, pedagogy). Kiev National University Taras Shevchenko, Kiev, Ukraine, May, 2004.

23.  Osipian, A. Facilitating Economic Development through the Reform of Economic Instruction (in English). International Conference “75 Years of Development Research.” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May, 2004.

24.  Osipian, A. Corruption in Higher Education: Who, Whom, How, and How Much (in English). Research Conference and International Forum. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, February, 2004.

25.  Osipian, A. Corruption in Higher Education: Ethics and Conflict in International Perspective (in English). National Conference of the National Association of the Graduate and Professional Students (NAGPS). Washington, DC, November, 2003.

26.  Osipian, A. Vouchers for Higher Education in Russia: What to Expect and How to Measure (in English). Research Conference and International Forum. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, February, 2003.

27.  Osipian, A. International Exchange in Higher Education: Economics and Politics (in English). Graduate Program in Economic Development Alumni Conference. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, December 2002.

28.  Osipian, A. International Reform in Higher Education Policy: Economic Issues (in English). NorthEast Conference for Graduate/Professional Students. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 2002.

29.  Osipian, A. International Reform in Higher Education Policy: Economic Issues (in English). Southeast Conference for Graduate/Professional Students. Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA, April 2002.

30.  Osipian, A. About the Scientific Direction and the Course of "Political Economy” (in English). Science-Methodical Conference. Kharkov, Ukraine, 2000.

31.  Osipian, A. Theoretical Background for EBRD, World Bank, and IMF Loans and Their Role in Restructuring the Economies of Ukraine and Russia: Dialectical Approach (in Russian). Regional Science Conference. Kharkov, Ukraine, 2000.

32.  Osipian, A. Foreign Direct Investments as a Complimentary Factor for Initiation of Positive Economic Growth in Ukraine. International Science Conference. Kharkov, Ukraine, 2000.

33.  Osipian, A. Place of Creation of Economic Foundations of the Welfare State in the Mainstreams of Market Transformation (in Russian). Summer School in Political Sciences on Transitions and Conflict Resolution, OSI, ACTR/ACCELS, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia, August 2000.

34.  Osipian, A. Essence, Structure, and Recent Changes in Political System in Ukraine (in English). Summer School in Political Sciences on Transitions and Conflict resolution, OSI, ACTR/ACCELS, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia, August 2000.

35.  Osipian, A. Creation of the New System of Labor Relations through the Collective Bargaining as an Instrument to Solve Labor Conflicts in the Context of Social Partnership in Transition (in English) / Summer School in Political Sciences on Transitions and Conflict Resolution, OSI, ACTR/ACCELS, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia, August 2000.

36.  Osipian, A. Creation of Economic Foundations of the Welfare State (in Ukrainian). In Problems of Theory and Practice of Creation of Social Oriented Market Economy in Ukraine. International Scientific Conference. Kharkov, Ukraine, Vol. 1. (1999), pp. 21-24.

37.  Osipian, A. Macroeconomic Regulation as An Instrument to Eliminate Economic Dis-Balance and its Implications: Stagnation, Inflation, Unemployment (in Russian). Problems of Economic Transformation in Ukraine. Theses of Ukrainian National Scientific Conference. Kramatorsk, Ukraine, 1997.

38.  Osipian, A. Reform of the Healthcare System on the Basis of Health Insurance (in Russian). In Economy and Policy: History, Contemporary and Perspectives: Theses of Reports of the Open Regional Scientific Conference. Donetsk, Vol. 1. (1996), pp. 46-47.

Deposited papers:

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) at http://www.eric.ed.gov/

1.      Measurements of Inequalities in Access to Higher Education: Case of the Russian Federation.

2. Higher Education Corruption in Ukraine as Reflected in the Nation’s Media

3. Higher Education Corruption in the World Media: Prevalence, Patterns, and Forms

4. Misdeeds in the US Higher Education: Illegality versus Corruption

5. Corruption as a Legacy of the Medieval University: Financial Affairs

6. Human Capital—Economic Growth Nexus in the Former Soviet Bloc

7. Teaching Economics in the Former Soviet Union: New Curriculum, Old Instruction?

8. Corruption in Russian Higher Education as Reflected in the Media

9. Methodology of Study of Corruption in Higher Education

10. “Feed from the Service”: Corruption and Coercion in the State—University Relations in Central Eurasia

11. Corruption of the Politicized University: Lessons from the Orange Revolution in Ukraine

Social Science Research Network SSRN http://ssrn.com/

MPRA Repository: Munich University Library http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/

RePEc http://repec.org/

1. Vouchers, Tests, Loans, Privatization: Will They Help (Fight) Higher Education Corruption in Russia?

2. Corrupt Organizational Hierarchies in the Former Soviet Bloc

3. Corruption in Russian Higher Education as Reflected in the Media

4. Role of Education in Economic Growth in the Russian Federation and Ukraine

5. Reform of Economic Instruction in the Former Soviet Bloc

6. The World is Flat: Modeling Educators’ Misconduct with Cellular Automata

7. Economic Growth—Human Capital Nexus in Post-Soviet Ukraine, 1989-2009

8.      Measurements of Inequalities in Access to Higher Education: Case of the Russian Federation

9. Methodology of Study of Corruption in Higher Education

10. Facilitating Economic Development Through the Reform of Economic Instruction

11. Human Capital—Economic Growth Nexus in the Former Soviet Bloc

12. Higher Education Corruption in Ukraine as Reflected in the Nation’s Media

13. Higher Education Corruption in the World Media: Prevalence, Patterns, and Forms

14. Misdeeds in the US Higher Education: Illegality versus Corruption

15. Corruption as a Legacy of the Medieval University: Financial Affairs

16. Methodology of Research on Corruption in Education

17. Economy of the Welfare State: Foundations and Creation under the Conditions of Market Transformation (Book, in Russian)

18. Economic Growth: Education as a Factor of Production (Book, in Russian)

19. “Feed from the Service”: Corruption and Coercion in the State—University Relations in Central Eurasia

20. Transforming University Governance in Ukraine: Collegiums, Bureaucracies, and Political Institutions

21. Introducing Vouchers and Standardized Tests for Higher Education in Russia: Expectations and Measurements

22. Corruption in Russia’s Doctoral Education

23. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Political Corruption of Russian Doctorates

24. Corruption of the Politicized University: Lessons from the Orange Revolution in Ukraine

25. Corruption in Higher Education as a Legacy of the Medieval University (in Russian)

26. Corruption and Reform of Russian Higher Education (in Russian)

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