Good practices for equity and inclusion in Higher Education

This book is a collection of international peer reviewed papers committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. n order to provide readers with papers of highest quality we state the following principles of Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement. Authors ensure that they have written original articles. In addition they ensure that the manuscript has not been issued elsewhere. Authors are also responsible for language editing of the submitted article. Authors confirm that the submitted works represent their authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarised in whole or in part from other works without clearly citing. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources (including online sites) are appropriately credited and referenced. All authors disclose financial or other conflict of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript (financial support for the project should be disclosed). Authors agree to the license agreement before submitting the article. All articles are submitted using online submission procedure. University of Bergamo, as the editor, ensures a fair double peer-review of the submitted papers for publication. The editor strives to prevent any potential conflict of interests between the author and editorial and review personnel. The editor also ensures that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing. University of Bergamo, the editor, coordinates the Scientific Committee for reviewing the works to be published. The reviewers, members of the scientific committee, include international experts in the field of higher education, university lecturers and researchers. Each is assigned papers to review that are consistent with their specific expertise. Reviewer check all papers in a double peer review process. The Reviewers also check for plagiarism and research fabrication (making up research data); falsification (manipulation of existing research data, tables, or images) and improper use of humans or animals in research. In accordance with the code of conduct, the Reviewers report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing. Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. They ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the Editor if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side. They must evaluate the submitted works objectively as well as present their opinions on the works in a clear way in the review form. A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript notify the Editor and excuses himself from the review process.