There is no doubt that 2020 has been a year of turmoil and challenges. Now more than ever we need to unite as communities of learning to support and ensure that our efforts in creating and cultivating quality learning environments, grounded in the valu …
Integrity Matters
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The International Day of Action against Contract Cheating (2020)
To name or not to name…
As we gear up to celebrate the 5th International Day of Action Against Contract Cheating, I thought it apt to share an incident that took place in my daughter’s old school with regards to her science project. Oh yes, I am back with yet another hair-rai …
In the News: When the Parent Facilitates Contract Cheating
Read all about it! California parent charged with “one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud” because she paid a firm $9,000 to take “an individual online class” for her son. I’ve previously written about the actions that Australia, England, New Zea …
In the News: The Detriment of Fake Degrees to Society
In this week’s blog post, I want to highlight a worthy opinion published in the Gulf News by Dr. Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi. Dr. Al-Suwaidi is a Nobel Prize nominated intellectual leader based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) whose most recent opinion pi …
In the News: What You May Have Missed
If you do not have google alerts set up to send you pieces on academic misconduct, academic cheating or academic integrity, you might have missed the latest news on the contract cheating front. Legislation being drafted in Australia is set to criminali …
Celebrating a Small Win
We achieved some small wins on our 3rd international day of action against contract cheating providers. We had our largest number of registered institutions since we started the DOA in 2016 – 88 institutions in total. And these participants were global …
