In Higher Ed, the Year of Dishonesty
If the academic year now winding down had a theme, it was a more subtle one: dishonesty.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_7356.shtml
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May 21st, 2007 at 4:45 pm
I totally agree with the need to enforce academic integrity and finding an experiential approach to teaching it. It is extremely scary to think that the future leaders of this country have such low standards when it comes to ethics that they are willing to cheat to get ahead and see absolutely nothing wrong with it. This attitude will carry with them through college, into the workplace, and into the families they create. And unfortunately, it will only have a multiplied effect as they will never be able to stand and condemn what they have permitted in their own lives for fear of being found out themselves, or because the voice of their conscious will not allow it. Ethics and integrity should have been taught at home and because in many cases has not been, we are seeing the fallout on the college campus and in the workplace. It probably also accounts for the level of infidelity that is prominent in the institution of marriage as well. They all stem from the same root. We must stand up and hold people accountable for their action no matter what the financial implications may be. I think the long term cost if we don’t stamp it out, will be far more costly!