Cheating students punished by the 1000s, but many more go undetected

By Holly Moore. CBC survey shows 7,086 students disciplined for cheating at Canadian universities in 2011-12. A CBC survey of Canadian universities shows more than 7,000 students were disciplined for academic cheating in 2011-12, a finding experts say falls well short of the number of students who actually cheat. In the first survey of its kind, CBC News contacted 54 universities and asked them to provide the number of 2011-12 academic misconduct cases that went through a formal discipline process. More...