San Antonio College Library

Nearly three-quarters of college students cheat during their undergraduate careers, a startling number attributed variously to the laziness of today's students, their lack of a moral compass, or the demands of a hypercompetitive society. For the author, cultural or sociological explanations like these are red herrings. His provocative new research indicates that students often cheat because their learning environments give them ample incentives to...

Argues for a change in school culture from one that tolerates cheating to one in which every effort is made to support honesty and offers practical ideas that can be used in the classroom or at home.