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Correspondence
Nature 392, 646 (16 April 1998) | doi:10.1038/33519
Student cheats
Alexander Vinogradov1
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky Ave 4, St Petersburg 194064, Russia
e-mail: Email: aevin@mail.cytspb.rssi.ru
You report that incidents of cheating by students have increased significantly over three decades, amounting to more than two-thirds (73%) of all students polled in US universities without an 'honour code' and about a half (49%) in universities with an 'honour code' and punishments for its violation (Nature 390, 430; 1997).At the beginning of this century, the record may have been even higher.
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