Cheating Via the Internet at College

Electron Barrage writes, "An anonymous professor writes that last year about half of the seniors at his US university were suspected of cheating, mostly due to the Internet and community sites such as Wikipedia. He guesses that perhaps 25%-30% were actually guilty, a huge increase from earlier levels. According to this professor, it's nearly impossible for the universities to keep up with the new forms of cheating enabled by the Net. Will academic institutions learn to deal with this new reality? It sounds a little dubious from this professor's viewpoint." The article mentions the anti-cheating services Turn It In and iThenticate (while decrying their expense), but expresses worry over the new countermeasure represented by Student of Fortune.

Comments

Re:I go to school to learn....

[Chaffar]

I go to school to learn not to cheat, those cheating just screw themselves over in the long run. They may get a job and realize they can't cheat at that and don't know anything.

In case you didn't know, what you learn in school/university will hardly ever be useful in a work environment. Furthermore, you'll be surprised juste how far a good liar and cheater can go in life, not because he'll lie and cheat his way through, but also because he'll be good at catching other people's lies. Not that I condone such behaviour; but you must be aware of it or end up getting turned down at job interviews because you kept on boasting your amazing grades you got through hard work, when they don't really give a sh*t.