Since spring of 2014, Rutgers has been targeted by a hacker or group of hackers in a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. A DDoS attack uses a network of compromised computers called a botnet to access the targeted site simultaneously. The increase in traffic overwhelms the targeted network and causes it to… Read More »
Teachers Have New Enemy In War On Cheating
Back in the days before the Internet, ethically-challenged students could make a quick buck by selling copied test questions to other students who still needed to take the test. Now students are trading copied tests on the Internet using social media instead of in the hallways. In the old days, most tests were not standardized… Read More »
Cell Phones, Students and the Temptation to Cheat
As long as there have been tests in school there has been the temptation to cheat, and the pressure on students to perform has never been greater. Until recently, students were limited to writing the answers down or whispering to classmates. With the explosion of mobile devices students have found a new way of cheating… Read More »
Another Semester, Another Cheating Scandal
According to a Reuters Story, over 125 undergraduates were involved in a final exam cheating scandal within Harvard University. While the details have not been fully released, it is reported that as many as 60 students have been forced to withdraw from the ivy league school after one of the largest cheating scandals in recent… Read More »
To Catch A Cheater: Cell Phones in School
These days, cheating scandals in K-12 schools and universities are becoming the norm. It doesn’t take a genius to see the relationship between cell phone adoption rates and the rise in cheating scandals. Put aside the ethical issues for the moment and focus on the cat and mouse game that is happening. Cell phones are a… Read More »
