Category: Academic cheating

‘An Arms Race’: Australian University Develops New AI Detection Tool to Combat Chat GPT

As the education sector grapples with the impacts of ChatGPT—an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbox—one university in Australia’s Group of Eight has introduced a new detection tool that can help teachers identify any unauthorised use of AI in student submissions. In a student notice published on April 11, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) said…


‘An Arms Race’: Australian University Develops New AI Detection Tool to Combat ChatGPT

As the education sector grapples with the impacts of ChatGPT—an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbox—one university in Australia’s Group of Eight has introduced a new detection tool that can help teachers identify any unauthorised use of AI in student submissions. In a student notice published on April 11, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) said…


Study Reveals Pandemic Stress Led to Big Jump in Academic Cheating

Students under stress during the pandemic often used technology to cheat at higher rates, a new survey by four professors reveals. Cheating using smartphones, using multiple computers to avoid screen lock programs, or copying papers to turn in online aren’t new tactics. But these behaviors increased among students during COVID-19. The increase was worst in…


Academic Cheating Surged 13-Fold During Pandemic, Study Shows

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in academic cheating’s biggest increase in 16 years, according to Jarrod Morgan, the founder of test supervision company Meazure Learning. A new study by Meazure shows that from 2019 to 2021, confirmed cases of academic cheating during online monitored tests increased by about 13 times. “We’re catching them definitely trying to…


America’s Cheating Epidemic: Did Your Doctor Actually Pass College?

If he can successfully cheat his way through college, Jim plans to become a doctor. Jim, who chose to be anonymous to avoid academic consequences, attends a major university in Canada with about 26,000 undergraduate students. He says that he’s always cheated in school, but that when he went to university, his cheating rose to…