Protecting Against Essay Mills, Part 1

Tools, policies, and tactics for prevention and detection (a series)

Introduction

While student AI use dominates the Academic Integrity conversation, safeguarding a campus, program, or classroom from other types of cheating remains an institutional imperative (if not always a priority).

While academic integrity policies prohibit cheating, fabrication, and plagiarism, “Contract Cheating” and “Essay Mills” don’t often make a…