Academics believe about 8 per cent of uni students are regularly cheating on their assignments, as universities concede they’re embroiled in an “arms race” with outsourced providers of fake essays.
Academics believe about 8 per cent of university students are regularly cheating on their assignments as universities concede they are embroiled in an “arms race” with outsourced providers of fake essays.
A graduate from Monash, identified as ‘Natasha’, paid $400 to an online service to produce a 3000-word art history essay. Milne said artificial intelligence – which allowed machines to write essays or answer problems when given the right prompt – was a fast-growing problem. “Where is the point that utilising AI is acceptable?” he said. “We teach students how to use the tools, what’s acceptable, whether what they are putting out is reasonable.”
Kane Murdoch is manager of complaints, appeals and misconduct at Macquarie University and previously led a team of contract-cheating investigators at the University of NSW. He said expulsion should be avoided, other than for the most serious cases. Many contract-cheating providers operated from overseas, targeting vulnerable students and in some cases blackmailing them, he said.
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