Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity: Higher Education to Secondary School Teachers [Abstract]

Abstract

Academic excellence, being one of the core principles of Nazarbayev University, underlies all programs and academic support mechanisms to enhance learning, encourage the highest level of scholarship and academic achievement, and prepare graduates for successful professional careers and lifelong learning. To achieve academic excellence the principles of academic integrity have to be ensured by all stakeholders. As a consequence, academic integrity is instilled in every Nazarbayev University alumni through the programs, procedures, processes and most of all through the culture. These principles guide their work in their careers.