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Education
Cheating in education has become increasingly pervasive at all levels, according to survey research. One major cause is increasing anxiety among students about their future job prospects and financial security in a winner-take-all society. Other causes include lax oversight by faculty and the ease of cheating via the Internet.
Trends in Cheating
The SATs are one of the most stressful things that high school students face. It's no surprise that many teenagers have turned to cheating in order to get ever closer to that elusive 1600 (changing to 2400 in 2005). Find out how students are cheating -- it's not just crib sheets anymore.
Technology is quickly becoming a cheater's best friend, and educators are having a hard time keeping up. Read on to discover just how crafty students are getting in order to pass tests.
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Test messages and camera phones are being used to cheat in the classroom |
Research Findings
News and Issues
Why is it so hard to prevent and punish cheating?
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How Dartmouth failed to punish 78 students in a mass cheating episode |
Not just cheating students: Universities struggle with range of ethics problems.
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"Dishonesty in the Academy." Article by Robert Hauptman. (2002) |
Cheating by school teachers is on the upswing, partly as a result of high stakes testing and other new pressures on teachers.
Universities
Columbia
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Harvard
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Harvard Independent calls for more stringent honor code at Harvard |
Princeton
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Scandal: Princeton admission officials break into Yale admissions network |
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Stanford
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University of Virginia
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Yale
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Click here to tell us about cheating at your university or college.
High Schools
Students in America's prep schools are feeling the pressure of competition, and are competing at all costs to get ahead. How far are these students willing to go to get into the Ivy League?
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SAT perfectionism can tempt students to cheat their way to 1600 |
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A growing dilemma: pop culture, parental and peer pressure blamed |
Solutions
Honor codes and an institutional commitment to integrity reduce student cheating.
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A new website that allows teachers to cross-check their students' papers with content on the Internet as well as papers from other students around the nation.
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Books on cheating in education
Student Cheating and Plagiarism in
the Internet Era: A Wake-Up Call
by
Ann
Lathrop
and
Kathleen Foss
School of Dreams:
Making the Grade at a
Top American High School
by Edward Humes