THE Higher Education Authority (HEA) has expressed concern over the presence of fake professors in the country. HEA Director General Professor Kazhila Chinsembu says to curb the proliferation of fake professors, the Authority plans to propose amendments to the Higher Education Act to introduce a mandatory recognition system for professors. Speaking at the official opening of the first summer school media training workshop, held under the theme “Strengthening Media Reporting on Higher Education Regulation in Zambia,” Tuesday, Prof Chinsembu said bogus professors contribute to graduate incompetency, which results in graduate unemployability. “The Higher Education Authority (HEA) has noted the presence of a number of bogus and fake professors in Zambia. These individuals have neither conducted credible research nor published a...