Damian Hinds’ call for PayPal to block transactions with essay-writing firms is to be welcomed (University cheats should be reported by their peers, minister says, 20 March). More...
5 avril 2019
5 avril 2019
Can cheats prosper in the race to give their children a leg-up at school?
It is an extraordinary claim by any measure: rich parents, real live Hollywood celebrities among them, were named by the FBI allegedly paying between $15,000 and $75,000 in bribes and cheat fees to get their kids into university. More...
5 avril 2019
College bribery scandal: students sue elite schools in class action
Students claim they were denied fair opportunity to apply to Yale and University of Southern California. More...
5 avril 2019
US college admissions scandal: how did the scheme work and who was charged?
The wealthy parents were part of the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice, prosecutors say, accused of conspiring to get their kids into elite colleges through bribery and cheating. The FBI investigation was dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues”. More...
5 avril 2019
The US college admissions scam toolkit: bribes, fake profiles and playing 'stupid’
Thirty-three parents were charged with fraud after paying tens of thousands of dollars to get their children into elite schools. More...
5 avril 2019
How higher ed can earn the public’s trust after the admissions scandal
The college admissions scandal is exposing illegal and unethical conduct by dozens of people who paid or took bribes to get students into the University of Southern California and other elite universities. Concerns about social justice, meritocracy, parental overreach, privileges tied to wealth and philanthropy are rampant. More...
5 avril 2019
College cheating scandal shows why elite colleges should use a lottery to admit students
Many Americans are outraged by the college admission scandal revealed by the FBI on March 12. The scandal involves celebrities and wealthy investors who allegedly bought their children’s way onto college sports teams and cheated to improve their children’s SAT and ACT scores. Of course, the regular college admissions system also favors the children of wealthy families when it comes to elite colleges. More...
3 avril 2019
Why science matters so much in the era of fake news and fallacies
Democracy and social progress die without science and fact-based knowledge. Science and facts are the foundational basis for rational and logical disputation and the possibility of reaching some truths. More...
2 avril 2019
Tensions Over International Students
By Elizabeth Redden. Professor at Maryland who allegedly accused all Chinese students of cheating resigns, the latest in a series of incidents involving tensions between faculty and international students. More...
1 avril 2019
Due Process for Alleged Student Hacker?
By Lindsay McKenzie. Tufts University recently expelled a student for allegedly hacking grades, but did the university make the right call. More...
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