Contract Cheating

Turnitin Originality combines the text similarity checking functionality that Turnitin is known for with new features that help instructors address trends such as contract cheating and teach students the value of original thinking skills.   Turnitin has launched a comprehensive academic integrity solution called Turnitin Originality. Turnitin Originality combines the text similarity checking functionality that …

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“Contract cheating” happens when a third party completes work for a student who then submits it to an education provider as their own. Over 100 websites and internet forums offering assignments to university students in Britain for a fee – many based in India – are to be blocked on campus computers and WiFi systems …

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Amid surge in online contract cheating. Australian universities have seen a significant uptick in cases of contract cheating as students spend more time solely online, despite the recent introduction of new laws aimed at curbing the practice. Despite the increasing use of digital means to counter cheating, including AI-powered remote invigilation platforms for online exams, …

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As exam season approaches this semester, homework help services have started to appear more often on websites and social media pages offering to complete students’ assignments for them. The cost of doing these assignments for students is more than just a fee—if students are caught cheating, they can face serious consequences, including expulsion. “I just …

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Lawmakers in Australia have recently made it illegal to arrange or advertise for sale certain cheating services, namely paid essay writing, also known as contract cheating. Paid essays are usually bespoke, written on demand based on student and assignment requirements. Visit a paid essay site and post an ad that you need 700 words on …

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It is no surprise professors are seeing an influx of cheating happening during the COVID-19 pandemic as online classes have become the new norm. After all, students are now only a friendly text or quick Google search away from receiving better marks on tests. Without the ability to watch what is happening behind the screens …

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The issue of contract cheating has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis, as the booming essay mill industry set its sights on vulnerable students who may have had insufficient access to learning materials when their institutions shifted online, according to key stakeholders. But there has also been a rise in the number of institutions taking …

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Essay mills – services helping students to cheat by writing essays and completing assignments for them – turn over millions every year. New research has shown that buying an essay is possible at incredibly low prices, although this is able to sustain a flourishing business. The contract cheating industry When I’m giving research presentations, I …

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I was invited to deliver the opening keynote for the Eighth Annual Congress of Academic Integrity held remotely for Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico on 24 September 2020. The theme I was asked to talk about was contract cheating detection, providing me with the opportunity to review the state-of-the-art in research and practice in this field. …

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In response to increasingly aggressive marketing tactics by companies that help students cheat, colleges are striking back with new responses of their own. In some cases, colleges are looking abroad for research and models to fight companies that offer term papers for hire, a practice known as “contract cheating.” In Australia, for instance, the issue is well-known …

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