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Cheating on computerized tests

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:31:41 GMT

clipped by: kelvin273
clipper's remarks: Ah, the new frontiers opened by technology.

DAYTON — At least one University of Dayton law school student found a way to copy material from his computer files into an electronic final exam last spring, circumventing the university's intent to prevent such copying during an open notes test, according to a Nov. 1 letter from the law school to students.

John T. Valente, 42, filed a civil lawsuit Nov. 14 in Montgomery County Common Pleas court against the university's law school claiming the school was negligent in failing to prevent the copying capability during the spring final exam in a criminal procedure class.

To prevent a test-taker from copying the information they have access to into their exams, the software includes an option of disabling its proprietary clipboard and any copying, cutting and pasting.

But a student found a way around the disabled cut-and-paste using a Windows function still accessible during the unsecured exam called "drag-and-drop" to achieve the same result.

Tags: education, computers

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Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:25:16 GMT

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Big state univerisities stick it to the poor

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:09:42 GMT

clipped by: kelvin273
clipper's remarks: It's official. College is now only for the rich, just like in the 19th century.

Clip Source: www2.edtrust.org

Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation’s Premier Public Universities

The nation’s 50 flagship universities serve disproportionately fewer low-income and minority students than in the past, according to a new report by the Education Trust. Students in the entering and graduating classes at these schools look less and less like the state populations those universities were created to serve. The study shows how financial aid choices made by these prestigious public universities result in higher barriers to college enrollment and success among low-income students and students of color.

The report, “Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation’s Premier Public Universities,” documents in great detail how flagship and other “research extensive” universities contribute to serious inequities in higher education and exacerbate disturbing trends in financial aid policy at the state and federal levels. In an unprecedented study of financial aid practices at these institutions, the report illustrates how flagships have reallocated financial aid resources away from the low-income students who need help to go to college – mostly to compete for high-income students that would enroll in college regardless of the amount of aid they receive.

“At a time when more and more low-income and minority students are preparing for college, it is disturbing that many of our most prestigious colleges and universities are turning away from them,” said Kati Haycock, director of the Education Trust and a co-author of the report.

“Given their special role in developing their states’ future business, academic and political leadership, leaders of flagship universities should feel a special obligation to provide opportunities for talented state residents of all races and economic groups,” said Danette Gerald, the report’s other co-author. “But over time, that obligation has been replaced by the relentless pursuit of increased selectivity and ever-higher rankings.”

Tags: education, inequality