Higher Education Is Not A Game
[NOTE: The following is not a crisis call nor is it meant as an indictment of the integrity of the profession or any particular individual with in it. Instead, it is observation meant to raise consciousness and present PSA’s correction of the gaming problem in higher education systems around the world.] The Nature of Higher Education Gaming Gaming the higher education (HE) system is a form of cheating and cheating is a problem for all education systems, at all levels. Along with other known and yet to be conceived means, gaming occurs when: 1) Students exchange homework, use crib notes during exams, and engage in contract cheating such as hiring ghost writers for essays or “ gunmen ” (as they are called in China) to impersonate and take tests for them or even take the entire course or degree . 2) Teachers artificially inflate class averages , create inappropriately easy assignments or tests, take bribes to inflate individual grades, take bribes to accept students to athletic progra
