International Students Scapegoated for General Trend of Academic Dishonesty in US Colleges and Universities
In early June, Wall Street Journal published a highly-circulated article stating that the number of international students caught cheating in US colleges and universities in the 2014-15 school year was 5.1 in 100, while the number for domestics students
was 1 in 100. The article then went into a list of reasons why international students are more likely to cheat, cheating tactics and strategies, and why schools are turning a blind eye. However, these numbers are problematic, as WSJ touches on in their
article, and this statistic is not representative of international students in general, which this article will explain shortly.
First, let us take a look at how this survey got its numbers. Over a dozen US colleges and universities were involved in this survey. The survey’s results are based on institution-reported rates of cheating. The reason the number of participating
institutions is not higher is because many of the schools approached do not track cheating in such a way because it would not be reflective of those who cheat and get away with it, and the actual chore of collecting and interpreting this data is
overwhelming. Why is this? According to the International Center for Academic Integrity, about 60% of all US college and university students report having cheated at least once in the last academic year. This number includes both foreign and domestic
students. This means schools cannot track actual rates of cheating because it is so rampant. It also means that while schools are catching international students cheating at higher rates than domestic students, the fact of the matter is who they catch
does not reflect the rates of who actually cheats.
Read more...
http://www.thedegreepeople.com/international-students-scapegoated-for-general-trend-of-academic-dishonesty-in-us-colleges-and-universities/
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