Promoting Academic Integrity in Institutions of Higher Learning: What 30 Years of Research (1990-2020) in Australasia Has Taught Us

Abstract

This article reviews and evaluates the academic integrity research conducted in Australasia over a 30-year period from 1990–2020. It presents an analysis of studies on academic integrity including those on contract cheating as an increasing area of concern in higher education. The authors divide the research according to the diverse stakeholders—students, faculty, staff, and institutions of higher learning. Keeping in mind that maintaining and promoting a culture of academic integrity is everyone’s business, and that there is no simple solution, the authors recommend a combination of strategies to promote and maintain a culture of academic integrity in higher education now and into the future.

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Carmela De Maio

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Carmela De Maio ([email protected]) lectures in law and academic literacies at Australian universities. Her doctorate examined academic integrity policies and faculty responses to plagiarism. She publishes in the fields of academic integrity and student learning.

Kathryn Dixon

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Kathryn Dixon ([email protected]) is an adjunct senior researcher at Curtin University and was the academic integrity officer for the School of Education. She continues to publish in the fields of academic integrity and curriculum design.