Cheating Scandal At Stanford University

One book about the widespread cheating in contemporary society is Cheating Culture by David Callahan.

[From article]
Among "a smattering of concerns from a number of winter courses," he said, one faculty member reported allegations that may involve as many as 20 percent of the students enrolled in one of Stanford's large introductory courses.
The allegations follow incidents of academic cheating at other top-ranked U.S. colleges.
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Last fall, a story in the Stanford Daily reported that a professor of statistics conducted an experiment to find out how many of his students had cheated while at Stanford. The result showed that roughly 40 percent of 86 students who responded had done so.
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Last fall, up to 64 Dartmouth College students -- including some athletes -- faced suspension or other disciplinary action for cheating in a sports ethics class.
At the same time, University of North Carolina employees were found to have participated in an 18-year cheating scandal to help 3,100 students make good grades with little work.
In 2012, Harvard University investigated 125 students in what it called "the most widespread cheating scandal" in campus history.

http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_27799963/stanford-university-reports-allegations-cheating-by-students

Stanford University looks into allegations of cheating by students
By Tracy Seipel
tseipel (at) mercurynews.com

POSTED: 03/27/2015 01:22:01 PM PDT