Academic Fraud: How Do We Stop It?
/The recent news of wealthy business executives and celebrities paying large sums to gain access to prominent colleges and universities for their children’s education has outraged us all. Unfortunately, academic fraud of this type, and others used to gain admittance or enhance standing, is nothing new. In 2008, Cavya Chandra was denied admission to her dream school, Cornell University. She then falsified letters of recommendation to gain entry to Carnegie Mellon, but later transferred into Cornell University using fraudulent transcripts and falsified letters of recommendation.
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