Ten years ago, when the U.S. Department of Education eliminated the 50 percent rule, which barred students who took more than half of their classes online from receiving federal aid, an estimated ...

Incidents of cheating on IT certifications are on the rise, a trend that experts say is an outward sign of the desperation felt by out-of-work and under-employed IT professionals. Incidents of ...

When people face extreme pressure, their decision making and ability to act in good faith often suffers. Make no mistake: today’s online students are under intense pressure to perform in their courses ...

In many ways, cheating on high school and college exams used to be a lot harder than it is nowadays. What used to take an elaborate plot to discreetly spread answers across a classroom can now be done ...

Jeff Appling couldn't believe the things students did when he took charge of Clemson University's academic integrity process in 2005. Nothing surprises him anymore. Not excused absences that are ...

If it involves academic dishonesty, Jeff Appling, Clemson's associate dean of undergraduate studies, has probably seen it. From students finding solutions manuals online to forging supervisor ...

The first time Waterbury Fire Department in Connecticut conducted its EMT exam on computers, an investigation found seven of 13 cadets had taken advantage of the technology and lax supervision to ...

Have you ever been caught cheating on exams in school? In South Korea, a group of medical students was also caught cheating--in their online exams. And now they're facing severe punishment for their ...