The major news outlet outside Australia to cover the law and its impact, Times Higher Ed, has a global focus but is based in the U.K.

Now, five years later, much of what triggered that scandal is illegal - in Australia anyway.Īnd that’s why it matters here, in the U.S. It was enormous news and deeply embarrassing. Nonetheless, there were expulsions, degree revocations and firings.

The contours were that a media outlet found that about 100 students had paid for essays and stand-in test-takers for online tests at some of the country’s top schools. Though the news coverage does not mention it directly, Australia isn’t necessarily being pro-active against cheating as much as it’s being reactive, responding to a major cheating scandal that erupted there a few years ago.