Monday, September 16, 2019

What should universities do about organised cheating?

Every so often the world of higher education is swept by a big panic about systemic and widespread cheating. The latest instance is concern about contract cheating or essay mills that provide bespoke essays or papers for students.

It seems that the Australian government will introduce legislation to penalise the supply or advertising of cheating services to students. There are already laws in several American states and there have been calls for the UK to follow suit.

There is perhaps a bit of hypocrisy here. If universities in Europe Australia and North America admit more and more students who lack the cognitive or language skills to do the required work and if they chose to use assessment methods that are vulnerable to deception and dishonesty such as unsupervised essays and group projects then cheating is close to inevitable. 

On the supply side there appear to be large numbers of people around the world without decent academic jobs or jobs of any sort who are capable of producing academic of a high standard, sometimes worth an A grade or a first. The Internet has made it possible for lazy or incompetent students to link up with competent writers.

The Daily Mail has reported that Kenya hosts a medium sized industry with  students and academics slaving away to churn out essays for British and American students. This is no doubt a hugely exploitative business but consider the consequences of shutting down the essay mills. Many educated Kenyans are going to suffer financially. Many students will drop out, resort to  other forms of cheating, or will demand more support and counselling and transitional or foundation programmes.

If universities are serious about the scourge of essay mills they need to work on both the supply and the demand side. They might start by offering the essay writers in Kenya to apply scholarships for undergraduate or postgraduate courses or posts in EAP departments. 

On the demand side the solution seems to be simple. Stop admitting students because they show leadership ability, have overcome adversity, will make the department look like Britain, America or the world, will help craft an interesting class, and admit them because they have demonstrated an ability to do the necessary work.












https://www.studyinternational.com/news/australia-essay-mills-contract-cheating-penalty-law/

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