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Students come up with various ways in order to accomplish cheating. The man entered and took the papers, sheet by sheet, from the central table. He carried them over to the window table, because from there he could see if you came across the courtyard, and so could affect an escape(Doyle 3). This quote supports the thesis by describing how Gilchrist skillfully took the papers from the professor’s office. In the book Bannister explained, he was nearly expelled over a card scandal in his first year (Doyle 4). The quote relates to the thesis because it proves that Gilchrist previously cheated and continued to cheat throughout his college years. A new investigation by Brad Wolverton of The Chronicle of Higher Education describes alleged cases of academic misconduct by former members of the Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team, including cheating by a player who ‘allegedly took some pictures of some test questions during a final exam for a remedial math class with his phone and sent them to someone outside his math class looking for answers,’ Wolverton tells NPR’s Arun Rath (Wolverton 7). The online quote explains exactly how a college athlete cheated and shows how cheating still occurs in todays times. Just as higher education is changing…the cheating business is transforming as well, finding new and more insidious ways to undermine academic integrity (Wolverton 5). The book relates to the thesis because it explains how today, the rate of cheating is continuing to grow.
Besides the increased rate

of cheating, there have been various scandals involving cheating at the collegiate level. When once the law is evoked it cannot stay again, and this is just one of those cases where, for the credit of the college, it is most essential to avoid scandal (Doyle ). The quote supports the topic by showing how even years ago, colleges wanted to cover up scandals. Colleges do not want bad news to be attracted to their universities. Either I must find the man or else the examination must be postponed until fresh papers are prepared, and since this cannot be done without explanation there will ensue a hideous scandal, which will throw a cloud not only on the college but on the University (Doyle 2). This proves that the administration of universities is prepared to do whatever it takes to not have a scandal in the mists of their students. The issue of scandal does not only happen in stories, it happens in the modern day as well. More than 50 people have been charged with participating in the college admissions scandal, a scheme involving bribery, money laundering, and document fabrication to unfairly get students admitted to elite colleges (Wolverton 4). The quote backs up the book by showing that multiple people are involved in scandals related to cheating. 50 college coaches, exam proctors, admissions counselors, and parentsare alleged to have done a lot of things that were clearly legally wrong (Helling 2). This source proves that adults do things illegally just to help their kids and try to avoid scandal.