Cheating
Cheating amongst students isn't a new phenomenon, but it certainly is on the rise, thanks, in part, to the availability to resources on the Internet, including sites like schoolsucks.com and The Evil House of Cheat. 75% of college students admit to cheating within the past year. One in three say they have plagiarized papers from the Internet or elsewhere. WOrse yet, the prevailing attitude is that it's acceptable. Now, however, universities are clamping down by scanning the students' papers and comparing them with a database of tens of millins of Internet papers. They are using thumbprint scanners and digital cameras to stop test-taker impersonations. They're using software to put a stop to computer based test taking. These may be stopgap measures, but what we really need to do is encourage integrity in students rather than motivate them to show character through external threats. Of course, that's a tougher assignment--one you won't find the answers to on the Internet.