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.
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A database of retractions shows hundreds of academic articles with Australian authors have been withdrawn. Research misconduct threatens to corrode trust in academic qualifications and publications.
Several world leaders, including Vladimir Putin, stand accused of plagiarizing their PhD dissertations. Whether they resign, deny or ignore the allegations says a lot about the country they run.
The college admission scandal that involved big bribes, coaches and Hollywood actors grew out of a system that favors rich parents and gives coaches too much leeway in admissions, a scholar argues.
Fraudulent academic qualifications have increased dramatically in South Africa.
Recent hoax papers in humanities don’t show what they claim, but need to be taken seriously.
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Professor of Philosophy of Science, Durham University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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University of Cape Town
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Director, Academic Integrity, Torrens University Australia
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Sociology, Villanova University
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