The State of Academic Integrity in the Anglophone Caribbean

Abstract

As globalization increases access to tertiary education across national boundaries and fuels the migration of labor across regions, the Caribbean becomes a significant player in this movement. With its nationals gaining access to programs from universities across the world and taking advantage of employment opportunities in the global labor markets, many of which require education at the tertiary level, ensuring that academic integrity is developed and maintained in the Caribbean is of greatest concern. Research in academic integrity in the Caribbean is just emerging, and this chapter discusses plagiarism in Caribbean society generally and the approach to academic integrity at the secondary level. In addition, it examines academic integrity in higher education by focusing on students’ perceptions of plagiarism, its prevalence, and its presentation in plagiarism and accreditation policies. It concludes by discussing the challenges to academic integrity development in the region.