ERIC Number: EJ1114804
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 26
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Ghostwriters Guaranteeing Grades? The Quality of Online Ghostwriting Services Available to Tertiary Students in Australia
Lines, Lisa
Teaching in Higher Education, v21 n8 p889-914 2016
Ghostwriting is difficult to detect, it has the potential to be high quality, and universities do not currently have adequate policies in place to police it. Determining the quality of the ghostwriting services available to tertiary students is of vital importance because underestimating the potential for students to use these services to pass their courses affects universities' ability to detect their use and counteract their prevalence. This study examines the service being advertised to students by the 30 top-ranked ghostwriting websites. The study examines the quality of the service being offered by purchasing 2 essays from 13 of these businesses, 1 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate. These essays were graded by three academics who believed they were grading real student papers. The results of the study are alarming because they imply that had these essays been submitted to a university, the majority of them would have passed without any plagiarism detected.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Online Vendors, Cheating, Essays, Plagiarism, Grading, Interrater Reliability, Integrity, Prevention, Incidence, Geographic Distribution, Professional Services, Value Judgment, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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