Having been a lecturer in Australia, I can say that unequivocally, the most cheating I ever had was by native Australian students. I am not from China or even Asian (not that it matters, but in case you’re worried I am being biased for Chinese students). There are a lot of issues with relying on Chinese students and I agree that reducing this reliance is very important. But let’s not pretend that Aussie students don’t cheat like crazy.
Good opportunity to return to a much healthier situation around 15 years ago. It was an epochal mistake to treat universities as businesses. The people who suffered most under the influx were Australian students — having their educational experience ruined by a horde of mainlanders taking up class time with remedial English needs, and destroying the honesty and honor culture on campus with their constant cheating (like in US and UK universities too). A step back in time, and massive reduction in the mainland chinese plague, will be a welcome return to health for Australian universities. I welcome it.
By the way, most of my colleagues feel the same way. It is only the administrators who are in a panic.
- HRM PhD, Australian facultyThey will be in trouble. Fewer Chinese cash cows in the short run.
It seems not geographical issue, but rather generation. New generations tend to commit cheating because many stuffs are available online. An example of cheating is ghost writer. In the old era, it was even difficult to get access to the textbook, no internet, using typing machine (cannot copy paste), naturally fewer opportunities to cheat.