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Is Cheating in School Okay?

  • bozacmj
  • Jan 15, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 16, 2021

A large cross-section of studies indicate that at least 80% of students cheat their way through college. Many of today’s students have few qualms about downloading answer books, lifting term papers off the Web, or copying work from other students. Most research shows that students consider themselves fools for not cheating in a cheat-tolerant system. The message is: cheating pays dividends and rarely gets called out. And now some parents seem to agree. See https://www.wsj.com/articles/cheating-in-online-school-some-students-and-parents-say-its-ok-11608645609?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink


 
 
 

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Michael J. Bozack, Ph.D.

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Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

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