No, but it is creating serious problems that nobody should ignore. Open access publishing is not destroying academic journal quality across the board. However, it has opened a very wide door to predatory publishers, questionable peer review, and a flood of low quality...
Not always. Informed consent is supposed to be one of the most important protections in research ethics. It gives participants the right to say yes or no before they take part in any study. But in social science research, the line between truly voluntary consent and...
No, but they should be held accountable. There is a difference between the two, and that difference matters a lot. Liability means legal responsibility. Accountability means honest transparency. Universities should not face lawsuits every time a graduate struggles to...
Yes, but only if you choose wisely. A PhD in 2026 is not automatically a golden ticket the way it might have felt a generation ago. The academic job market has changed. The cost of postgraduate education has gone up. And the world outside universities has started...
Yes, it should. Thesis ghostwriting already exists. It is happening right now, on every continent, in every major university system in the world. Pretending otherwise does not make it go away. Regulating it, however, could make it fairer, safer, and more honest for...
Sometimes, yes. Plagiarism punishments in universities can range from a simple warning to a permanent expulsion. That is a very wide range. And whether the punishment fits the crime depends enormously on the situation. A student who accidentally forgot to add a...
