What can universities do to stop students cheating?
Type
digital resource
Date Issued
2019-04-20
Author(s)
Abstract
Cheating among students has reached unprecedented levels worldwide. Even top universities have raised the alarm: the 2012 Harvard cheating scandal; a significant increase in academic misconduct among Britain's Russell Group universities from 2014 to 2017; ongoing cheating among student athletes to enter or to stay at universities in the United States; unauthorised exam assignment sharing in Switzerland; contract cheating in Australia; and plagiarism in many Eastern European countries are just a few examples of a problem that is becoming harder to ignore.
It should be noted, however, that all of these cases of academic misconduct were caught and identified as such, so this might only be the tip of the iceberg – and the real situation might be dramatically worse.
It should be noted, however, that all of these cases of academic misconduct were caught and identified as such, so this might only be the tip of the iceberg – and the real situation might be dramatically worse.
Language
English
Keywords
Cheating
students
university
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
HSG Profile Area
None
Publisher
University World News
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
256987