Ghostwriters guaranteeing grades? The quality of online ghostwriting services available to tertiary students in Australia

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 889-914

  Lines, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic integrity; cheating; contract cheating; ghostwriting; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975311442     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2016.1198759     Document Type: Article

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