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| BEYOND THE HEDGES: Students given coupons as incentive not to cheat |
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University of Maryland students will get discounts at local shops if they
promise not to cheat.
"Cheating here is huge," Student Honor Council education chairwoman Meryle Freiberg said. The SHC oversees academic integrity among the 33,000 students on the campus. Freiberg said cheating has gone high-tech, with coded test answers flashed to beepers and downloaded Internet documents inserted into term papers. The council hears about 150 cases of academic dishonesty every school year, the group's chairman Patrick Connolly said. In about 100 of those cases, the student flunks with an XF grade -- failure for academic dishonesty. The council is offering 5,000 discount cards this week to students who sign pledges against cheating. The idea of the cards is to get students thinking about integrity, Freiberg said. Source: The Daily Texan , Feb. 28.
This item appeared in the News section of the March 14, 1997 issue. |
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