Australian scientists are no more honest or dishonest than those in other countries that have national bodies to investigate research fraud. We have a sport integrity watchdog but not one for research.
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An estimated one in ten Australian tertiary students have paid a so-called contract cheating service to do their work for them. What most don’t think about is the risk of being blackmailed later.
What’s judged to be plagiarism may shift as students rely on more sophisticated forms of technology for writing support.
Recent allegations of cheating by university students in online exams suggest the students are adapting faster than the education system itself – and that should change.
The forced transition to online university learning will mean teaching practices will be permanently changed.
Equity and privacy problems with online proctoring reflect a larger issue: Students look to universities to set an example of integrity.
Many countries monitor higher education at the federal level, partly to take a systemic approach to overseeing academic integrity. Why not Canada?
The Institute for Public Affairs’ audit of academic freedom pits people either for or against universities. This prevents us from having thorough conversations about real threats to academic freedom.
Online students tend to be older, which might explain why new data suggest they’re less likely to cheat. But even with these data, the evidence is mixed.
It doesn’t matter how assessments are given to students, as students can still find a way to cheat.
There are major systemic problems associated with peer review that are negatively affecting scientific credibility.
African academics and universities have been caught in the predatory journal web. It’s time for the continent’s universities to start taking this threat to their integrity seriously.
Despite the huge attention to intercollegiate sports, is the day of reckoning approaching?
Managing the newest form of academic deceit will require hard work from established academia and a renewed commitment to integrity from university communities.
Academics’ own propensity for plagiarism may be contributing to high levels of student plagiarism.
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Professor of Management, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor, Werklund School of Education and Educational Leader in Residence, Taylor Institute of Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary
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Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Cornell University
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University
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Pro vice-chancellor (Education and Quality), Swinburne University of Technology
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Medical Researcher, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Lecturer, Australian National University
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Associate Professor; Director: Academic Integrity, University of South Australia
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Post-Doctoral Researcher in Economics, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
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Co-Director: Centre for Competition Law and Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Director: Curriculum Development and Support, Teaching Innovation Unit, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor, Online Pedagogy & Workplace Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University
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Professeur agrégé, École d'études politique, Directeur, Centre d'études en gouvernance / Associate professor, School of Political Studies, Director, Centre on Governance, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
