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Comparing contract cheating papers and L2 university student papers using lexical complexity analysis: An exploratory study

open access: yesInternational Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2021
Instructors typically use widely available plagiarism detection tools to uncover overlapping vocabulary with other texts; however, they lack empirical evidence on measures differentiating between student writing and outsourced papers.
Kathleen Bailey, Eniko Csomay
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How Common Is Commercial Contract Cheating in Higher Education and Is It Increasing? A Systematic Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2018
Contract cheating, where students recruit a third party to undertake their assignments, is frequently reported to be increasing, presenting a threat to academic standards and quality.
Philip M. Newton
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Fighting contract cheating and ghostwriting in Higher Education: Moving towards a multidimensional approach

open access: yesCogent Education, 2021
Contract cheating, or “ghostwriting” as it is more commonly known, has become a growing threat to academic integrity in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the world.
Holi Ibrahim Holi Ali, Awad Alhassan
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Removing the opportunity for contract cheating in business capstones: a crime prevention case study

open access: yesInternational Journal for Educational Integrity, 2017
Introduction With a definition that is evolving, a serious component of the contract cheating issue involves individuals paying a third-party to complete assessment items for them and then submitting this work as if it were their own.
Michael Baird, Joseph Clare
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Ethical and legal observations on contract cheating services as an agreement

open access: yesInternational Journal for Educational Integrity, 2017
In this paper we cast light on one form of dishonest behaviour in academia – contract cheating services. We examine how an agreement between a student and a contract cheating services provider is viewed from ethical and legal perspectives.
Loreta Tauginienė, Vaidas Jurkevičius
doaj   +1 more source

Discursive Construction of Contract Cheating and Degradation of Higher Education: Comments on The Daily Mail Online

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2023
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more attention has been paid to practices of academic integrity in higher education institutions (HEIs). Part of this focus has been on contract cheating, which involves the outsourcing of assessments to third ...
Jasper Roe
doaj   +1 more source

Essay mills and other contract cheating services: to buy or not to buy and the consequences of students changing their minds

open access: yesInternational Journal for Educational Integrity, 2021
Very few parts of the world have legislation that prohibits the operation or the promotion of contract cheating services. This means that commercial companies providing such services can formally register and operate in most countries.
Michael Draper   +4 more
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Contract cheating will erode trust in science [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 2019
To combat academic dishonesty, focus on educational systems and not just individual offenders, says Tracey Bretag. To combat academic dishonesty, focus on educational systems and not just individual offenders, says Tracey Bretag.
openaire   +2 more sources

How to use academic and digital fingerprints to catch and eliminate contract cheating during online multiple-choice examinations: a case study

open access: yesAssessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2023
Over four semesters of a large introductory statistics course the authors found students were engaging in contract cheating on Chegg.com during multiple choice examinations.
Meaghan M. Emery-Wetherell, Ruoyao Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quandaries of contract cheating in South African higher education institutions: The way forward

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Higher Education, 2023
This research aimed to examine the quandaries of contract cheating faced by higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa. Based on a desktop study utilizing unobtrusive research methods such as documentary analysis and conceptual analysis of ...
S. Lubinga, J. Ramnarain, L. Tonkin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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