The phrase "academic malfeasance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing unethical or wrongful actions within an academic setting, such as cheating, plagiarism, or misconduct by faculty or students.
Example: "The university took serious action against the professor for academic malfeasance, which included falsifying research data."
Alternatives: "scholarly misconduct" or "educational wrongdoing."
A report over the weekend suggested the academic malfeasance could stretch back more than a decade.
Over the years, he has investigated and exposed the kind of fraud, plagiarism, and academic malfeasance that endangers China's ambition to produce credible world-class innovation.
High-profile plagiarism and academic malfeasance cases continue to surface, and the education system struggles with fostering creativity and individual initiative.
The Crimson's basketball team has taken a big hit, losing its two captains while the university investigates possible academic malfeasance that it said involved as many as 125 students.
Yes, that's Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, accused of academic malfeasance before he transferred from Florida, and now ESPN.com's Joe Schad reports others are claiming Newton was shopping himself around for a price when he chose Auburn.
Kaplan was one of 15 for-profit colleges cited by the Government Accountability Office for malfeasance and three former academic officers have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the "university" of defrauding the United States government out of more than $4 billion.
The governor's proposal, which would have allowed Mr. Lawsky to investigate violations of the Martin Act, the sweeping state securities law used by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his successors to pursue financial malfeasance, alarmed Wall Street and even academics.
Jonas Chartock, the executive director of the SUNY Charter Schools Institute, said that the institute's focus was academic performance but that officials routinely checked for financial malfeasance.
Not straightforward malfeasance.
"That's malfeasance," he said.
There is no malfeasance involved.
