Just One Question

We asked a sampling ofDartmouth students,"What would you do if yousaw a classmate cheating?"

"If I saw somebody cheating I would probably leave a note with the prof or ask someone what to do."

-James Valadez '03

"If I saw someone cheating, especially if I knew them, my first reaction would be to talk to the person."

-Amanda Herring '02

"If it didn't affect me, I probably wouldn't report it."

-David Tatkow '01

"I wouldn't turn them in. There's a certain degree of integrity you have to keep between students."

-Anonymous

"I would probably write an anonymous note to the prof. It's important to me that we maintain and respect the kind of environment where we can have unproctored exams."

—Laura Burt '02

"I don't think anyone should be concerned with an individual coming to terms with his or her own sense of honesty."

—Mike Foote '01

"I probably wouldn't want to interfere, but if I knew the person, I would probably say something. I don't know if I would go so far as to say something to the professor."

—Myesha Jackson '02

"Turning someone in is unfair because [the penalty of] four terms [of suspension] is automatic, and it doesn't matter what the extenuating circumstances are."

—Becky Frost '99

"I probably wouldn't tell the prof a specific name—just that I thought that there was cheating going on."

—Katie McGrath '01

"I'd probably report it. Some people study long hours for the test and if someone cheated off them it wouldn't be right."

—Edward Wei '03

"I don't believe I would turn them in. I have a problem with being a rat or a fink."

—Kevin Stanhope '01

"I don't think I'd go to the Committee on Standards. I don't think it's my responsibility to police around."

—Nelly Essandoh '99

Did You Know? The average salary of a full Dartmouth professor in 1999 was $97,400. (This figure does not include Med School salaries.) The highest paid full professors at universities like Dartmouth were at Rockefeller University. They earned an average of $129,647. Source: American Association ofUniversity Professors