Academic dishonesty

Academic dishonesty is cheating or plagiarism that occurs within an educational setting. It occurs as early as kindergarten and as late as college; very rarely, graduate students and professors commit academic dishonesty.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Punishments for academic dishonesty vary according to the age of the party involved and the nature of the infraction. In high school, a standard penalty for cheating is a failing grade, but in college it often results in expulsion or worse consequences: in rare instances, middle-aged college professors have been fired when it was discovered that they plagiarized during college or graduate school.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

All parties involved in the dishonesty—not just the individual whose grade in increased by it—are usually punished. In a 2002 plagiarism scandal at the University of Virginia, 45 students were expelled and three graduates' degrees were revoked.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Cheating: Cheating is defined as an act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition. Cheating characteristically is employed to create an unfair advantage, usually in one's own interest, and often at the expense of others. Cheating may imply the breaking of rules. The term "cheating" is less appli...

Plagiarism: Plagiarism refers to the use of another's information, language, or writing, when done without proper acknowledgment of the original source. Essential to an act of plagiarism is an element of dishonesty in attempting to pass off the plagiarised work as original. Plagiarism is not necessarily the sam...

Kindergarten: Kindergarten (German for garden for children) is a name used in many parts of the world for the first stages of a child's classroom education. In some parts kindergarten is part of the formal school system; in others it may refer to pre-school or daycare....

Academic dishonesty related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Young Academic

Study of an Academic or a Lawyer Around 1840