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With No Study Buddies, More College Students Turn to Cheating

Edsurge

Joseph Ching, a junior at Purdue University, says many of his professors have warned students not to use sites like Chegg, where students are posting homework and quiz questions and getting answers from tutors. I reached out to Chegg, and sure enough, business there is booming. Students pay for a subscription of $14.99

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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

Edsurge

Here’s a peek at four projects highlighted by Justin Hendrix, the executive director of the NYC Media Lab. Cheating on Chegg? It’s no surprise that students would ask for help on platforms like Chegg, which offer digital textbooks as well as tutoring and homework help. How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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