How common is commercial contract cheating in higher education and is it increasing? A systematic review

PM Newton - Frontiers in Education, 2018 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Contract cheating: The outsourcing of assessed student work

T Lancaster, R Clarke - 2016 - open-access.bcu.ac.uk
This chapter reviews the issues associated with contract cheating, loosely defined as the
outsourcing of student work to third parties. The chapter is intended to serve as an overview …

Does authentic assessment assure academic integrity? Evidence from contract cheating data

C Ellis, K Van Haeringen, R Harper… - Higher Education …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Contract cheating occurs when a student outsources their assessment to a third party,
regardless of the third party's relationship with the student, or whether money is exchanged …

Reducing plagiarism through academic misconduct education

M Perkins, UB Gezgin, J Roe - International Journal for Educational …, 2020 - Springer
Although there is much discussion exploring the potential causes of plagiarism, there is
limited research available which provides evidence as to the academic interventions which …

The infernal business of contract cheating: understanding the business processes and models of academic custom writing sites

C Ellis, IM Zucker, D Randall - International Journal for Educational …, 2018 - Springer
While there is growing awareness of the existence and activities of Academic Custom
Writing websites, which form a small part of the contract cheating industry, how they work …

Contract cheating: A new challenge for academic honesty?

M Walker, C Townley - Journal of Academic Ethics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract 'Contract cheating'has recently emerged as a form of academic dishonesty. It
involves students contracting out their coursework to writers in order to submit the purchased …

Can markers detect contract cheating? Results from a pilot study

P Dawson, W Sutherland-Smith - Assessment & Evaluation in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Contract cheating is the purchasing of custom-made university assignments with the
intention of submitting them. Websites providing contract cheating services often claim this …

Can software improve marker accuracy at detecting contract cheating? A pilot study of the Turnitin authorship investigate alpha

P Dawson, W Sutherland-Smith… - Assessment & Evaluation …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Contract cheating happens when students outsource their assessed work to a third party.
One approach that has been suggested for improving contract cheating detection is …

Can training improve marker accuracy at detecting contract cheating? A multi-disciplinary pre-post study

P Dawson, W Sutherland-Smith - Assessment & Evaluation in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Contract cheating occurs when students outsource assessed work. In this study, we asked
experienced markers from four disciplines to detect contract cheating in a set of 20 discipline …

Profiling the international academic ghost writers who are providing low-cost essays and assignments for the contract cheating industry

T Lancaster - Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose Students have direct access to academic ghost writers who are able to provide for
their assessment needs without the student needing to do any of the work. These ghost …