Programs and Events
Kazakhstani University Students and Faculty Participate in Seminar on Academic Integrity
Nauryz Sanatorium, Almaty, November 28-29, 2006
At a seminar November 28-29, 2006 thirty students and twenty faculty from across Kazakhstan explored how to create a culture of honesty and confront corruption in Kazakhstani post secondary education.
Ambassador John Ordway and Bakhytnur Otarbayeva, president of the Fulbright Association of Kazakhstan, opened the seminar and James Lancaster, a professor at Appalachian State University and a consultant of the Center for Academic Integrity, shared his expertise on the topic. Alumni of U.S. government educational exchange programs facilitated working groups at the seminars. Student and faculty guests from Kyrgyzstan also shared their experience in promoting academic integrity.
The students created a sample code of academic integrity and a set of guidelines on maintaining academic honesty that they later discussed with faculty. Kazakhstani faculty examined tools to promote integrity in the classroom.
The Fulbright Association of Kazakhstan will publish the sample code of academic integrity and guidelines in English, Kazakh, and Russian, and distribute it to all universities in Kazakhstan. All participants are expected to conduct seminars or trainings for their colleagues in their home institutions by late February 2007.
The seminar took place at the Nauryz sanatorium in Almaty, preceding a two-day conference for 30 university faculty on December 1-2.
The project was sponsored and organized by the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section with the assistance from the Fulbright Association of Kazakhstan. The project partners were the National Debate Center, U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and the Ministry of Education, Kazakhstan. View photogallery