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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Medvedev creates a system to monitor the awarding of academic degrees and titles - NEWSru.com

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree “On the federal government scientific information system certification”, adopting rules for its creation and maintenance. According to the press service of the government. Scandals plagiarism in dissertations and affected State Duma and head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin and opened a kind of conveyor belt for awarding “fake” academic titles concerned officials.

new system is designed to control the award applicants academic degrees and titles, their deprivation or recovery, and to determine the list of specialties for which scientific advice is provided to the right of receiving theses defense, ITAR-TASS reported.

the Internet will publish information on the dissertation councils, academic leaders, academic advisors, opponents and leading organizations, abstracts and full texts of dissertations, reviews scientific leaders, appeals against decisions of dissertation councils on the award of the degree of candidate of science or doctorate.

In addition, the database is formed on the thesis for the degree and Ph.D. candidate. Operator information system defined MES. Time frame for implementation is unclear.

One of the popularizers

ideas reproof addressed journalist Sergei Parkhomenko, later participated in the creation and promotion of community “Dissernet” exploring a dissertation on the subject of illegal loans. The experts point out that punish fake “candidates” and “doctors” in any way, in addition to public censure, will be difficult. However, the main task Parkhomenko “Disserneta” ad calls that “these people did bad”.

“Dissernet” announced fundraising site “Planet”. “Experts are working voluntarily and do not take any fees for their work. But the community still can not do their job without having, though not large, but stable budget”, – stated in the message. On the eve of the project reported on fundraising “a whirlwind pace”.