Word: cheatingã
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Let’s be upfront: cheating??most commonly in the insidious form of copying or other illicit collaboration—happens quite a bit at Harvard on take-home assignments, especially problem sets. Worse, Harvard’s prohibitory policies on inappropriate collaboration, while explicitly stated in the Handbook for Students and often in course syllabi themselves, are enforced about as effectively as anti-terrorism legislation is enforced by the Palestinian Authority...
Luke, a senior, talks about his friend, Isabelle, the way an older brother talks about his sister when he describes how Harvard nearly ruined her self-confidence. It wasn’t until Isabelle engaged in cheating??the ultimate act of selfishness—that she was able to regain her footing at school...
Brandt’s basic argument—something she calls “the most profound statement one could make on cheating??—hinges on several key points. Brandt argues that when women are confronted with men, on a biological level they are always forced to subtly consider their nurturing potential. Women inherently are attracted to men who appear able to serve as good fathers—a criterion that often leads women to choose men that appear healthy, attractive and able to provide financial support...
...logic indicate that more colleges should look to honor codes for help in combating academic dishonesty. In the creation of honor codes, however, schools must be smart and careful about which policies they emphasize. Honor codes that establish a community that is intolerant of all forms of cheating??from unpermitted collaboration to buying and selling papers—will be effective and will become valuable tools to thwart cheating; such policies should use peer pressure to make academic dishonesty shame-worthy. Honor codes that boast heavy-handed “one strike, you’re out?...
...engage in cheating, signing an honor code in hand—but not in spirit—will do little to change the atmosphere of a college. If, on the other hand, students understood that they hurt one another, and themselves, by cheating, and if there were examples of cheating??like those printed in the paper—that could be discussed and criticized by students, the stigma against cheating would grow stronger...