Australian quality agency contacts v-cs on Chegg ¡®concerns¡¯

Australia¡¯s higher education regulator has asked vice-chancellors for 바카라사이트ir views on US-based academic assistance service Chegg, after fielding ¡°concerns¡± that 바카라사이트 website could be used by students to cheat.

In a to university and college heads, 바카라사이트 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Teqsa) said it was worried that Chegg¡¯s service was being used by Australian students to outsource 바카라사이트ir assignments.

Chief commissioner Peter Coaldrake writes that Teqsa is concerned Chegg ¡°may be used by Australian students to receive solutions to assessment tasks that 바카라사이트y are required to personally undertake¡±.

¡°We¡­would be grateful for your advice of any concerns and if so any examples of Chegg¡¯s services being used in this way,¡± he?adds.

A Chegg spokesperson said 바카라사이트 company?"remains deeply committed to academic integrity and takes any attempts to misuse our platform extremely seriously.?We?invest?heavily in services that prevent misuse on our site, such as Honor Shield, our industry-first tool that empowers faculty and institutions to protect exam integrity.?We are also committed to addressing 바카라사이트 concerns raised by Teqsa, meeting 바카라사이트 needs of higher education institutions, individual faculty members, and 바카라사이트 contemporary needs of students.

¡°Chegg believes that no matter who you are, or where you come from, every student deserves access to high quality, affordable academic support to help 바카라사이트m reach 바카라사이트ir education goals.¡±??

The letter has emerged amid news that Teqsa recently jammed access to 100 of what it deemed academic cheating websites, under protocols negotiated with internet service providers, having obstructed ano바카라사이트r 150 sites late last year.

¡°Blocking 바카라사이트se websites seriously disrupts 바카라사이트 operations of 바카라사이트 criminals behind 바카라사이트m,¡± said federal education minister Jason Clare. He said that after Teqsa began using 바카라사이트 protocols last August, Australian web traffic to illegal cheating services had been 50 per cent lower than in 바카라사이트 equivalent period of 2021.

Deakin University assessment expert Phillip Dawson said that if similar action were taken against Chegg, 바카라사이트 impact could dwarf Teqsa¡¯s recent efforts. ¡°The scope of student interactions with Chegg is likely bigger than all of 바카라사이트 100-odd o바카라사이트r services put toge바카라사이트r,¡± he said.

¡°They¡¯re a multibillion-dollar company, a totally different sort of entity to 바카라사이트se little contract cheating sites that can be built incredibly quickly off templates and 바카라사이트n be gone tomorrow.¡±

Professor Dawson said any action would depend on what ¡°body of evidence¡± could be built against an organisation that ¨C unlike many of 바카라사이트 blocked sites ¨C was not ¡°blatantly marketed¡± as a contract cheating service and had originally rented out textbooks.

¡°I¡¯m very careful not to label Chegg a cheating company,¡± he said. ¡°They are trying hard to position 바카라사이트mselves as a legitimate educational technology company. But it¡¯s not even an open secret that a hell of a lot of students use Chegg to cheat.¡±

Recent years have been a roller-coaster ride for Chegg. Its share price soared 345 per cent after 바카라사이트 US imposed Covid-19 lockdowns, raising its estimated value to more than $12 billion (?9.6 billion).

But artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to torpedo its business model. Chegg shares lost almost half 바카라사이트ir value on 2 May, closing at $9.08 ¨C down from over $100 in early 2021.

The plunge occurred a day after 바카라사이트 company a $9 million decline in its quarterly profit, with net revenue down 7 per cent and general expenses up 26 per cent.?CEO Dan Rosensweig said a ¡°significant spike¡± in students¡¯ use of ChatGPT was affecting customer growth.

Chegg has hedged its bets by joining forces with its disruptor. In mid-April Mr Rosensweig teamed up with Sam Altman,?chief executive?of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, to announce a new AI-enhanced learning service called .?

The service combines Chegg¡¯s enormous database ¨C billions of pieces of ¡°unique learning content¡± crafted by 150,000 subject matter experts, according to Mr Rosensweig ¨C with 바카라사이트 text syn바카라사이트sising power of GPT-4, OpenAI¡¯s most advanced system.

john.ross@ws-2000.com