Pay-To-Pass: Evolving Online Systems That Undermine the Integrity of Student Work

Abstract

In an age where information is available at our fingertips, students in the post-secondary environment have equally ready access to resources that can be supportive of their academic development or academically questionable. In this chapter, we describe the pervasiveness of pay-to-pass websites in the Canadian post-secondary context. We distinguish pay-to-pass websites from other forms of contract cheating by defining them as sites encouraging students to share and access course material, assessments, and notes for academic and personal gain, as well as those providing real-time academic support. This chapter is a reflection on the nature and impact of these sites and explores a three-pronged approach to addressing the challenges posed by them on the upholding of academic integrity in post-secondary education.

Preservice secondary teachers’ beliefs about academic dishonesty: An attribution theory lens to causal search

“…The most common behaviours in secondary and post-secondary education usually involve plagiarism, completing individual work with other students, cheating, fabrication, and falsification (Christensen Hughes & McCabe, 2006;Şendağ et al, 2012). The consequences of these actions not only undermine the integrity of the educational system, they raise questions about the qualifications of the individuals engaging in this behaviour (Chibry & Kurz, 2022). For preservice teachers specifically, the impact these actions can have on their roles as future teachers who are integral to the ethical development of students for years to come is important to consider.…”