{"id":16782,"date":"2021-02-09T12:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/?p=16782"},"modified":"2021-02-16T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T18:01:02","slug":"chegg-accused-of-helping-students-cheat-reports-best-year-and-raises-2021-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/chegg-accused-of-helping-students-cheat-reports-best-year-and-raises-2021-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Chegg, Accused of Helping Students Cheat, Reports \u2018Best Year\u2019 and Raises 2021 Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of last month, study platform<\/a> Chegg weathered a hit from the media. The Forbes feature \u201cThis $12 Billion Company Is Getting Rich Off Students Cheating Their Way Through Covid<\/a>\u201d was not favorable. There is a good deal of gray area and nuance when it comes to the question of whether Chegg is helping students cheat. But one point is unambiguous: Chegg is getting rich. The company earned a record $644.3 million last year and raised its guidance for 2021 to $780 million+.<\/p>\n

Though thorough, Adams\u2019 reporting does contain blind spots. For example, it makes no mention of Quizlet, another company getting rich enough off student studying to achieve unicorn status<\/a>. It also ignores the profile of the Chegg user-base and the challenges these students face. According to the company, a full third of its users are first-generation students. Roughly one-third report a family income of under $25,000. 33% work part-time, 11% work full-time, and 28% are over 25.<\/p>\n

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Stress brought by remote learning has led to a rise in cheating with resources such as #Chegg<\/a> and #GroupMe<\/a>, prompting the UC Santa Barbara Office of Student Conduct to respond in a campus-wide email.<\/p>\n

— The Bottom Line UCSB (@tblucsb) February 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n