Cheating
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FROM THE HUNDREDS of studies that have been made on the subject, figures can be gathered to support almost any notions about the seriousness of college cheating. Some surveys have labeled the problem non-existent. Others have placed the number of cheaters as high as 80 per cent of all college students.
The most comprehensive study ever made in America, which was published a year ago by the Bureau of Applied Research at Columbia University, reported that nearly half of the 5,000 students questioned from 99 colleges admitted having engaged in some form of cheating since entering college.
The study showed that cheating tended to occur in elementary courses more than in advanced ones,in lecture courses more than seminars,and in large classes more than small ones.
CHEATING WAS MORE common where a single text was used rather than multiple outside readings, where grades were assigned on the curve, where unscheduled quizzes were given, where tests were objective rather than essay, and where control of the testing was lax.
The study also revealed that the stricter the classroom rules against cheating—a teacher constantly watching, assigning or staggering seats—the more students were likely to cheat.
Persons interviewed recently at KU agreed with many of the findings of the Columbia study. An often-voiced opinion was that it is the teacher's responsibility to promote an atmosphere where cheating is not likely to take place.
"A lot of the cheating that goes on is due to some of the practices of the staff," said Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students. "When an instructor gives the same exam year after year, he throws a challenge to the students to get hold of the exam."
Emily Taylor, dean of women, said, "Some teachers take an unreal attitude. They set up a climate for cheating where people can rationalize cheating."
ONE STUDENT TOLD of a teacher whose tests were consistent enough that students could predict what would be on exams by going through old test files.
Clark E. Bricker, professor of chemistry, said that he thinks students will deal fairly with a teacher who deals fairly with them.
"If I shoot fair with the students—they know what I'm trying to do for them, I don't try to cross them up on exams, they know how I feel about cheating—then I don't think they will try to cheat very much," he said.
Bricker said that he does not remain in the classroom during an exam.
"I don't sit in and proctor the exam," he said. "I go to my office. I tell the students that if they want to cheat, they are cheating themselves. And I've had virtually no evidence of any cheating."
WASHINGTON — (UPI)—Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach, urging Congress to pass President Johnson's new civil rights legislation, said today "there continue to be deep seated, interconnected and complex problems of racial injustice" in the nation.
Defends fair housing bill
Katzenbach was the opening witness as the civil rights subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the four part bill.
The attorney general put particular stress on the most controversial of the new proposals— Johnson's request for a law to outlaw discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.
THE GOVERNMENT'S chief legal officer met directly—and denied—charges that the housing anti-discrimination proposal was unconstitutional. Katzenbach said: "It is based primarily on the commerce clause of the Constitution and on the 14th Amendment. I have no doubts whatsoever as to its constitutionality."
Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen, who was instrumental in helping the Johnson administration get major civil rights bills through the Senate in
1964 and 1965, has challenged the housing proposal as unconstitutional.
Defending the proposal, Katzenbach said, "segregated housing is deeply corrosive both for the individual and for his community. It isolates racial minorities from the public life of the community. It means inferior public education, recreation, health, sanitation and transportation services and facilities.
ROTCreview set May 20
Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 4, 1966
The annual chancellor's review, held in honor of Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe by the three ROTC units at KU, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, May 20, in Memorial Stadium.
The colorful ceremony consists of a pass in review, an inspection, awards to outstanding seniors and an address by the chancellor.
Cadet Col. Delbert Moore, Topeka senior, will lead the Army's Corps of Cadets.
The review is part of the leadership training program of the cadets and midshipmen who plan and execute the ceremony on their own.
The ceremony will be held in Allen Field House if it rains.
SENATORS MEET
AWS appointments made
Methods of getting more women interested in the Associated Women Students were discussed by the AWS Senate in a meeting yesterday in the Dean of Women's office.
Problem of ineffective communication between AWS and women students were cited as needing immediate Senate attention. Women will continue to be informed by their representative in the House of Representatives, and additional information will be distributed in the form of an AWS publication, bulletin board displays and ads in the University Daily Kansan.
Committee appointments for the coming year were announced. Nancy Gallup, Lawrence sophomore, will head the Recognition committee.
THE STANDARDS Board chairman is Kathy Mize, Salina junior. Other members are the senior senate members, one member from COSA and one member from the Disciplinary Board. Jo Durand, Bartlesville, Okla., freshman, is to be the sophomore representative on the board. Deanell Reece, Scandia sophomore, will represent next year's juniors.
Other committee appointments include: Communications, Cheryl Parmely, Leroy sophomore, and
Jane Williams, Kansas City, Mo,
freshman; Constitution, Jacke
Thayer, Ellsworth junior, and
Dorothy Sloan, Norton sophomore;
Regulations, Terry Beach,
Hays junior, and Elections, Martha Lanning, Lawrence sophomore.
The remaining committees are: Commission on the Status of Women, Sara Paretsky, Eudora junior; High School Relations, Sharon Anderson, Kansas City sophomore; Regulations Orientation, Joanne Emerick, Murray Hill, N.J., sophomore; and Inter-collegiate AWS, Nancy Pinet, Lawrence freshman.
College Life
Tau Kappa Epsilon—1911 Stewart Tomorrow-May 5 9 p.m.-Informal
"Guilt"
Guest Speaker: Dr. Daniel Heinrichs, Menninger Clinic
Sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ International
Starts Today! 3 days only Open 6:45—Show starts at dusk
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