A low percentage of cheaters, yet...
Yes, it bothers me when this sort of typical capitalist-anthropoid behavior crops up in insititutions like Southern University. Doesn't surprise me much, but definitely bothers me.
Southern U. Says Hundreds Altered Grades
By Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 2, 2004; Page A03
The chancellor of the nation's largest historically black university said yesterday that 541 past and current students paid a worker in the registrar's office to alter their grades in a practice that dates back nine years.
Southern University Chancellor Edward R. Jackson said the school, in Baton Rouge, La., could revoke the degrees of hundreds of former students whose grades were changed and expel others still attending classes.
"We will not tolerate any unethical and/or illegal activities at Southern University," Jackson said at a news conference, according to a report by the Associated Press. "If we find it, we will stop it."
The grade changing, which appears to have begun in 1995, came to light last year when a student who was enrolled in a graduate program claimed to have credentials proving she had earned a bachelor's degree.
A search of records showed no evidence that the student had graduated. An investigation subsequently revealed that unauthorized computer entries were placed in students' performance records.
The entries were traced to a code used by a worker in the registrar's office and there was evidence of tampering with paper documents as well, according to the Associated Press. Southern turned over part of its findings to East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Doug Moreau about a month ago.
