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Tag: Cheating
COVID-19
Universities Allege Increase in Academic Dishonesty Amid Pandemic
With exams being held online, Texas A&M University faculty have reported heightened concerns of student cheating “on a very large scale,” reports The Texas Tribune. According to faculty, some students have answered online test questions faster than they can possibly read them and other faculty had discovered entire exams posted to the textbook rental and […]
December 17, 2020
COVID-19
University of Missouri-Columbia Students Reported Cheating Online
More than 150 University of Missouri-Columbia students have been caught using group chats to cheat on exams since the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to retreat to remote learning, reported The Associated Press. According to university spokeswoman Liz McCune, the school identified three cheating incidents that each involved more than 50 students — which occurred once […]
October 12, 2020
News Roundup
Felicity Huffman Sentenced to Prison for Role in Admissions Scandal
Actress Felicity Huffman, who pleaded guilty for her role in the college admissions scandal, was sentenced to 14 days in prison on Friday. Huffman is required to report to prison by Oct. 25. The former Desperate Housewives star will also have to pay a fine of $30,000 and complete 250 hours of community service. In 2017, Huffman […]
September 13, 2019
MSIs
Florida High Schooler Receives Support After Accused of Cheating on SAT Test
The NAACP has offered support for Kalimah Campbell, a Florida high school student who is fighting to have her SAT test scores released after test officials claim that she cheated. Campbell’s latest score is 300 points higher than her previous score, an improvement that Campbell said is a result of hard work. “I know from […]
January 6, 2019
Students
Ex-Univ. of Iowa Wrestler Released on Bond in Cheating Case
DAVENPORT, Iowa — A former University of Iowa wrestler has been released on bond after appearing in court to face federal computer fraud charges in a large-scale academic misconduct scandal. Trevor Graves appeared Thursday before a magistrate at the federal courthouse in Davenport. He was released but ordered to obey a curfew and other restrictions […]
November 2, 2017
Students
Faculty: University of Kansas Student Hacked into Computers
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A recent cybersecurity breach has a University of Kansas faculty group concerned that the breach could lead to other attacks, not just at the university, but across higher education. Aerospace engineering professor Ron Barrett-Gonzalez said the hack was carried out by an apparently disgruntled engineering student during the 2016-17 academic year. The […]
October 16, 2017
Students
College Board to Boost SAT Security Globally
PITTSBURGH — The firm that oversees registrations for the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security around the world following test-stealing and other cheating in recent years. The College Board tells The Associated Press it’s reducing the number of international testing dates from six per year to four for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. […]
February 22, 2017
Students
Montana Tech Faculty Seek Changes After Students Expelled
BUTTE, Mont. ― Montana Tech faculty members want to revise the school’s “academic dishonesty” policy and undergo safety training after a summer in which they battled organized cheating by dozens of Middle Eastern students. The school announced in August that it had expelled 15 summer school students. The Montana Standard obtained a Faculty Senate report […]
October 4, 2016
Students
South Carolina School Says Open Records Request will Cost $250K
CHARLESTON, S.C. ― A South Carolina medical school and research hospital says it will cost most than a quarter million dollars to fulfill a newspaper’s open records request into allegations that two students cheated on exams. The Post and Courier reports an attorney for the Medical University of South Carolina told the paper it could […]
September 11, 2016
Students
Montana College Expels Students 4 Years after Saudis Cheated
BUTTE, Mont. ― Fifteen summer school students have been expelled for cheating at Montana Tech, the same college that dismissed several Saudi students and revoked the degrees of others after discovering a former employee altered their transcripts four years ago. Doug Abbott, vice chancellor for academic affairs, declined to release any other information about the […]
August 18, 2016
Students
High-tech Devices Take Cheating to New Level in Thai Schools
BANGKOK ― Glasses with embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information seem like regular spy equipment for the likes of James Bond, but for three students applying to medical school in Thailand, they were high-technology cheating devices. Bangkok’s Rangsit University canceled its examinations on Saturday and Sunday for admission to its medical and dental faculties […]
May 11, 2016
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