"They Do It For Better Grades" - Study Finds International Students 5 Times More Likely To Cheat
The number of international students attending US universities is rising, which is a welcome sight for administrators looking for ways to offset costs and stay profitable. What is not such a welcome sight however, is the amount of cheating that the international students are doing.
For the most recent academic year, 586,208 international undergraduate students attended US colleges and universities. More than 165,000 were from China, South Korea and Saudi Arabia contributed 50,000 and 23,500 respectively as well according to the WSJ.