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High Achievers in Competitive Courses More Likely to Cheat on College Exams
August 24, 2017
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 24 -- The American Physiological Society issued the following news release:

A new study finds that students who are known as "high achievers" and take highly competitive courses are the most likely to cheat on their exams. The article is published ahead of print in Advances in Physiology Education.

Accurate statistics for academic misconduct are difficult to report due to the reliance on self-reporting by students. It has been thought that . . .

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