Letter to the Editor: This is Higher Education, Right should really matter

Feb 13, 2022 · · Comments Off on Letter to the Editor: This is Higher Education, Right should really matter

To the editor: “This is America, Right should matter.” Alexander Vindman, LtCol, USA, (Retired) “This is Higher Education, Right should really matter.” (paraphrase) Lorretta Breuning, I concur with Dr Bruening.  I earned my undergraduate degree at the Air Force Academy.  I did not fully appreciate the value of our honor code: “We will not lie, … Continue reading “Letter to the Editor: This is Higher Education, Right should really matter”

Cheaters Never Prosper—Or Do They?

Feb 2, 2022 · · Comments Off on Cheaters Never Prosper—Or Do They?

Students can survive by cheating unless their professors enforce academic integrity standards. We presume such enforcement exists, but my personal experience suggests otherwise. Let’s be honest: professors face unpleasant consequences if they resist cheating, but no consequences if they look the other way. Professors respond to their incentive structure like other living beings. I was … Continue reading “Cheaters Never Prosper—Or Do They?”

Exposing the Moral Flaws in Our Higher Education System

Jul 5, 2019 · · Comments Off on Exposing the Moral Flaws in Our Higher Education System

Many if not most professors and higher education leaders enjoy pontificating about their high-minded ideals in contrast with the grubby, self-interested world outside of academia. What few people have done is to turn the lens around and ask about the morals of those professors and leaders. Are they in fact paragons of virtue, or could … Continue reading “Exposing the Moral Flaws in Our Higher Education System”

The New College Cheating: Why Not Buy Your Degree?

Oct 12, 2016 · · Comments Off on The New College Cheating: Why Not Buy Your Degree?

Like hospital “superbugs” that grow increasingly deadly and difficult to kill, cheating by college students keeps morphing into new and more virulent forms. Notes hidden away under a shirt cuff during an exam or plagiarizing a few paragraphs to pad a paper are minor league stuff compared with the new kinds of cheating that students … Continue reading “The New College Cheating: Why Not Buy Your Degree?”