February 22, 2008
In Russia, Corruption Plagues the Higher-Education System
From the top down, the country's universities are impoverished by bribery and insider deals large and small
In a dim, stuffy room at Nizhniy Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Svetlana, a second-year student, hangs her wet clothes on a string between two bunk beds. She shares the space with eight roommates.
Cramped conditions are common in Russian dormitories. But just three feet outside Svetlana's window, a block of new, upscale apartments adds
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