Think Cheating Is Down at B-Schools? Researcher Says ‘Don’t Believe It’
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An academic who’s made waves in the past by documenting cheating among graduate students is on the verge of completing a new study. Business school administrators should probably be quivering.
In 2006, Donald McCabe, a professor at Rutgers University, published survey results with disturbing implications for graduate business schools in the U.S. and Canada. McCabe and fellow researchers polled more than 5,000 graduate students at 32 schools. Fifty-six percent of business students—mostly MBAs (PDF)—admitted to cheating during the past academic year, compared with 47 percent of grad students in other subjects.