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A School That Made The Grade - Literally
THE NEXT TIME someone complains about the alleged unfairness of national, standardized SAT exams in measuring students' readiness for college, here is a two-word response that should make us all stop and think: Fort Lee. The town atop the Palisades last week emerged as the focus of a bizarre cheating scandal in which high school officials routinely upgraded some students' transcripts to help them get into elite colleges. Equally important, perhaps, this scandal should be a re
04.09.2007: Cheaters Will Never Prosper
University Wire September 4, 2007 Tuesday Cheaters will never prosper By Janice Kopaunik, Daily Utah Chronicle; SOURCE: U. Utah COLUMN 485 words DATELINE: SALT LAKE CITY During the past few semesters, a growing number of university professors have started using digital assessment tools to quell plagiarism. With the help of intensive cross referencing applications such as TurnItIn.com, teachers and administrators hope to teach good scholarship and promote academic honesty. Ac
13.06.2007: Cheating Cheaters Of The Chance: Test Proctors Ban Water Bottles, Ipods, Tying Shoes
The Washington Post June 13, 2007 Wednesday Correction Appended Met 2 Edition Cheating Cheaters of the Chance; Test Proctors Ban Water Bottles, iPods, Tying Shoes Ian Shapira; Washington Post Staff Writer METRO; Pg. B01 1089 words As students shuffled into Room 1117 at Battlefield High School this week for a Spanish final exam, they faced everything but a pat-down. "Fiesta de mochilas!" teacher Janine Byers announced in a festive tone that made her class giggle. Literal tr
16.06.2007: Cracking Down On Cheaters; Universities Must Redouble Efforts
The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario) June 16, 2007 Saturday Final Edition Cracking down on cheaters; Universities must redouble efforts to teach students the importance of academic integrity KEN COATES, FOR THE RECORD INSIGHT; Pg. A17 1268 words During the weekend of the April examination period, an anonymous email arrived. The message described the theft of exam questions, which a student was attempting to sell to his classmates. The writer (who later identified himself
29.07.2007: On The Playing Fields, In Classrooms And Boardrooms, Gaining Unfair Advantages
Sunday News (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) July 29, 2007 Sunday CHEATIN' HEARTS; On the playing fields, in classrooms and boardrooms, gaining unfair advantages and cutting corners is epidemic. Widespread in schools Serving 'me' Sunday News Staff A; Pg. 1 1298 words DATELINE: Lancaster, PA Suzanne Cassidy Each time San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds came to bat last week, innumerable camera flashes went off, as if to illuminate this fact of American life: Allegations of cheat
Is Cheating.....
A) NEVER ACCEPTABLE B) SOMETIMES NECESSARY C) A GREAT BRITISH ART FORM We all have to feel rather sorry for Oxford chemistry graduate Sam Kay. First, he missed out on funding for the postgraduate work he wanted to do. Then, as a direct result of this initial misfortune, his winning team has been disqualified from University Challenge. Now, his shame is bruited on the nation's front pages, accompanied ‹ on the grounds that femaleness trumps relevance ‹ by photographs of his team-mate Gai