Contract Cheating in Higher Education Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy

This edited volume—the first book devoted to the topic of contract cheating—brings together the perspectives of leading scholars presenting novel research. Contract cheating describes the outsourcing of students’ assessments to third parties such that the assignments or exams students submit are not their own work. While research in this area has grown over the past five years, the phenomenon has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Themes addressed in this book include the definition of contract cheating, its prevalence in higher education, and what motivates students to engage in it. Chapter authors also consider various interventions that can be used to address contract cheating’s threat to academic integrity in higher education including: assessment practice, education, detection strategies, policy design, and legal interventions.

Sarah Elaine Eaton is Associate Professor in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Guy J. Curtis is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia.

Brenda M. Stoesz is Senior Faculty Specialist at the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Manitoba, Canada.

Joseph Clare is Associate Professor of Criminology in the Law School at the University of Western Australia.

Kiata Rundle is a PhD candidate in Psychology and Criminology at Murdoch University, Australia.

Josh Seeland is Manager of Library Services and Chair of the Academic Integrity Advisory Committee at Assiniboine Community College, Canada.