Contract Cheating in Higher Education
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This edited volume-the first book devoted to the topic of contract cheating-brings together the perspectives of leading scholars presenting novel research. Contract cheating describes the outsourcing of students' assessments to third parties such that the assignments or exams students submit are not their own work. While research in this area has grown over the past five years, the phenomenon has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Themes addressed in this book include the definition of contract cheating, its prevalence in higher education, and what motivates students to engage in it. Chapter authors also consider various interventions that can be used to address contract cheating's threat to academic integrity in higher education including: assessment practice, education, detection strategies, policy design, and legal interventions.
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"Contract cheating represents a looming disaster for post-secondary education, and this collection provides coverage of basic concepts, advanced theory, and practical solutions that are suitable for teaching faculty, policymakers, and scholars alike. The editors and contributors represent the most sophisticated thinkers on this topic and a wide range of perspectives that will set the agenda for the study and prevention of contract cheating. This volume is an invaluable contribution to the field."- David Rettinger , President Emeritus, International Center for Academic Integrity, USA
"This is a timely book, global and multi-disciplinary in scope, that will serve to establish a coherent body of knowledge on the problem of contract cheating from some of the world's leading academic integrity researchers. It should be added to the library collections of higher education providers worldwide."
- Rowena Harper , Director, Centre for Learning and Teaching, Edith Cowan University, Australia
"Contract cheating is a virus infecting quality teaching and learning around the world, supported in part by unwitting educators and educational leaders who create the conditions under which this virus thrives and spreads. This first edited book on contract cheating provides the life-saving vaccine as long as educators, educational leaders, quality assurance agencies, and world leaders choose to apply its lessons towards the goal of eradicating this virus and saving our global education system."
- Tricia Bertram Gallant , Director, Office of Academic Integrity, UC San Diego, USA
"This book is both timely and invaluable. It addresses the growing challenge of contract cheating to the standards and the reputation of higher education from a rich diversity of perspectives. It is sometimes difficult to see beyond the boundaries of the University when addressing these issues, but through the expertiseof these authors, we see how contract cheating is a global industry and equally how we all have agency in tackling it."
- David Sadler , Chair , Universities Australia Academic Integrity Working Group
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Sarah Elaine Eaton is Associate Professor in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, Canada.
Guy J. Curtis is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia.
Brenda M. Stoesz is Senior Faculty Specialist at the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
Joseph Clare is Associate Professor of Criminology in the Law School at the University of Western Australia.
Kiata Rundle is a PhD candidate in Psychology and Criminology at Murdoch University, Australia.
Josh Seeland is Manager of Library Services and Chair of the Academic Integrity Advisory Committee at Assiniboine Community College, Canada.