Research Blog #3

Students cheat in college due to social pressures and economic pressures. Privatization of colleges has forced up the tuition rates which has made students take out larger loans to pay for it. This economic burden pressures students into making decisions they would not make otherwise. Students feel the pressures around them to do good in school so that they can get a good job after school. In the article "Higher Education and Privatization" they say that "We are relocating public funding for higher education away from support to institutions and toward individual student aid"(page 3). This just confirms that students are put under more economic pressure which in turn, makes them worry about getting good grades to get a good job. Some classes are often set on a curve. Since this curve only allows a certain amount of A's, when a student sees another student cheating, they often feel the need to also cheat so that they can even the playing field.