ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AS A FACTOR OF ENSURING QUALITY TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

The article reveals the essence of the concept of "academic integrity", its values and principles. It is noted that academic integrity as a complex, multifaceted concept can be understood in several aspects, such as: 1) a trait of a teacher's personality, which reflects his general spiritual culture, moral image, level of upbringing and education, professionalism in the field, strength of character; 2) an indispensable condition of the process of ensuring the quality of education and training of a highly qualified specialist who fully fulfills the requirements of the educational (scientific) program, while observing the norms and ethics of academic integrity; 3) the norm of the civilized functioning of the educational environment of the institution of higher education with its culture, principles, values, rules of academic integrity. It is noted that in modern universities, academic integrity is an ethical, moral, valuable basis for the effective functioning of an educational environment in which students, teachers, and administration clearly and consistently adhere to its norms and rules. The Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V. G. Korolenko operates an effective system of ensuring academic integrity, which is based on the principles of legality, freedom and human dignity, professionalism and competence, honesty and decency, openness and transparency, respect and mutual trust. In order to effectively comply with the norms and rules of academic integrity, and therefore to ensure the quality of higher education, we recommend applicants to familiarize themselves with and study the features of the functioning of this system at the university in a timely manner.