Cheating among college students remains rampant. Our institutional and/or course policies aren’t stopping much of it. There are lots of reasons why, which we could debate, but the more profitable conversation is how we get students to realize that cheating hurts them. I don’t think they consider the personal consequences, so that’s the goal of this memo, framed like others that have appeared in the blog. You are welcome to revise it, make the language your own, and share it as you see fit with students. Will it stop cheating? Not likely, but it might make some students realize the consequences go well beyond getting caught.
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Cheating may seem easy for cheaters but, it is a tool for devaluing personal attempts to acquire knowledge ,expertise and required academic achievements. This limits the goal of education, giving it less importance thereby reducing trust between the student and the teacher in question.
Cheating equally acts as a barrier to pure academic success which is intended to build future intellectuals and great professionals in all fields of studies.
In conclusion, cheating is a killer disease in the world of academic excellence. Saying no to cheating is paving the way for upcoming generations by preserving what academic integrity aims at – building trust and enabling genuinely earned achievements in the academia.