“Corrosive” international students drive contract cheating boom

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Two years ago, the regulator of Australia’s higher education institutions – the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) – held workshops around the nation in a bid to stamp-out so-called “contract cheating”, which had proliferated across Australia’s universities.

TEQSA then established a higher education integrity unit to work with higher education providers and government agencies to take action on cheating.

Clearly the measures aren’t working, with contract cheating booming across Australia’s universities, driven by international students:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.