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October 22, 2004 |
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Dear Associate, |
| Thanks to everyone that took part in our real-time data forensics survey. We received a number of responses that will help us shape our product offering. You were such a great help that we've put together another survey, this time on our Web Patrol service. (look left) |
Speaking of surveys, the Josephson Institute of Ethics recently published a study of ethics, character and trust given to almost twenty-five thousand high school students. Nearly two-thirds (62%) admitted to cheating on exams. Surprisingly the majority of these students (98%) reported that honesty, ethics and good character are very important. And 92% said they were satisfied with their personal ethics and character. |
| Clearly there is a cynicism with the "real world" as two-thirds of the males indicated a belief that "successful people do what they have to do to win, even if others consider it cheating." Click here to view the study results. |
Regards,
Don Sorensen
Caveon Test Security |
1 > Classroom cheaters switch to electronics
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
...High-tech schemes to achieve undeserved academic success can sometimes be quite intricate. One case involved two senior undergraduates at a major East Coast university. While one was taking the nationwide Graduate Record Examination, he used a wireless transmitter to send images of the test to his accomplice waiting in a van. The accomplice then ascertained the answers to the test questions, sending them back to the exam taker via walkie-talkies.... |
2 > Telling the Truth: Students debate on academic integrity issues
The Shorthorn, TX
...Cheaters prosper, Engineering Senator, Nicolas Cornor said. “Martha Stewart, Haliburton, Enron and Microsoft are accurate representations that honesty in the public doesn’t get you anywhere,” the aerospace engineering sophomore said.... |
3 > Beijing introduces cell phone detector to prevent exam cheating
Xinhua - Beijing,China
...Beijing municipal education department will distribute cell phone signal detectors to college entrance exam supervisors in an effort to prevent the rampant cheating via text message. As small as a cigarette case, the detector can trace any cell signal in a radius of 30 meters to the phone user.... |
4 > Universities get wise to cheats
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
...Canterbury research suggests 80 per cent of tertiary students have cheated in the past. The 2002 Christchurch College of Education research project surveyed 381 tertiary students and found 80 per cent admitted cheating, with 63 per cent admitting at least one serious incident of cheating, such as copying from another student during a test.... |
5 > FCAT inquiry focuses on 2 employees
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
...Two Zephyrhills High School employees are being investigated for possibly tampering with students' FCAT answer sheets. Superintendent John Long called school assistant principal Mike Macchiarola and literacy specialist Ann Bowlin the prime "suspects" in the case of 15 exams, which testing officials determined were falsified this summer.... |
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