I’ve now twice read of how “academic dishonesty” is becoming a major problem in China, but these newspaper articles aren’t about students cheating, though that is definitely going on. In today’s Globe and Mail there is another article on researchers falsifying research or engaging in excessive plagiarism…

CNET had an article about using technology like smartphones to cheat and having just completed an MBA degree I know there were several cheating scandals at the schools I attended. In some cases nothing was done when the students were reported by other students or even the faculty. Only in one notable case where a student went straight to the Dean with the evidence was much done…