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Motivation is a key factor in whether students cheat

Motivation is a key factor in whether students cheat

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic caused many U.S. colleges to shift to remote learning in the spring of 2020, student cheating has been a concern for instructors and students alike. To detect student cheating, considerable resources have been devoted to using technology to monitor students online. This online surveillance has increased students’ anxiety and distress. For instance, some students have indicated the monitoring […] … learn more→

An academic ghostwriter, the \’Shadow Scholar,\’ comes clean

When The Chronicle published a confessional essay two years ago by a writer for a student-paper mill who had spent nearly a decade helping college students cheat on their assignments, it provoked anger, astonishment, and weary resignation. The writer, under the pseudonym Ed Dante, said he had completed scores of papers for students who were […] … learn more→