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Peer reviewedGellhorn, Alfred – Change, 1976
Underlying causes and potential remedies for widespread cheating and sabotage of laboratory experiments committed by premedical students in a variety of institutions are discussed. (LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cheating, Competitive Selection, Ethics
McCollum, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A new business is using the Internet to sell compositions written by successful applicants to 60 competitive colleges and schools. Personnel of the service claim the essays are not to encourage plagiarism but to help disadvantaged or underprepared students compete. Admissions counselors disagree, and some are prepared to reject applicants…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cheating, College Admission, College Applicants
Download full textStallings, William M.; Leslie, Elwood K.
The result of a study designed to assess student attitudes toward grading practices are discussed. Questionnaire responses of 3439 students in three institutions were tabulated. Responses were generally negative toward conventional grading systems. (MS)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cheating, Competitive Selection, Conformity
