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Colleges grapple with cheating in the digital age
LA Times ^ | April 16, 2015 | Carla Rivera

Posted on 04/17/2015 5:00:03 AM PDT by C19fan

Stanford University's honor code dates to 1921, written by students to help guide them through the minefield of plagiarism, forbidden collaboration, copying and other chicaneries that have tempted undergraduates since they first arrived on college campuses.

Exams aren't proctored, and students are expected to police themselves and speak up when they see others committing violations.

But there appears to have been a massive breakdown during the recent winter quarter, culminating in "an unusually high number of troubling allegations of academic dishonesty" reported to officials, according to a letter to faculty from Provost John Etchemendy.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cheating; college

1 posted on 04/17/2015 5:00:03 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

What difference does it make?

Biden cheated in college and now he’s a VP. As long as you’re a commiecrat, it’s considered innovative and courageous.

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html


2 posted on 04/17/2015 5:34:23 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: C19fan

There has been a war on religion.

Many popular song scream the F and N words 20 times.

Every day the news is full of examples of famous leaders proud to ignore long-standing rules that they don’t like.

Stanford has very many Cinese students, who grow up under a high-pressure system that encourages getting away with whatever you can.


3 posted on 04/17/2015 5:51:16 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: C19fan
But there appears to have been a massive breakdown during

It's to be expected when our unis are overflowing with massive numbers of asian students who don't give a cr*p about honor codes, students who consider cheating and plagiarism as part of normal daily life back home.

4 posted on 04/17/2015 6:55:44 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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