UCF Professor Richard Quinn accuses class of cheating [Original]
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Academia Stack Exchange users link it as a real example of a professor responding to mass cheating allegations, often when discussing collective punishment, accusations without individual evidence, or exam security.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2015 to 2019.
What it is
A 2010 news-style clip of University of Central Florida professor Richard Quinn addressing his large business statistics class after a 700-question test bank leaked and circulated before an exam. He tells students everyone must retake the test and describes a forensic analysis of the cheating. Uploaded by SubZeroCobra from a publicly available lecture recording.
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Recommends Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen · 2015-02 · Academia Stack Exchange · on “How to prevent cheating on take-home exams”
You should not bluff. It will be found out. If you want to see one who is not bluffing, you might want to watch [this video]
Cites Alecos Papadopoulos · 2015-12 · Academia Stack Exchange · on “Are professors allowed to accuse someone of cheating based on a general increase in test scores?”
The OP aknowledged in the comments that the question was sparked by a specific incident, the Richard Quinn case in UCF 2010 [this video] . Viewing the video, Quinn had not just Statistics, but both physical evidence and witnesses : a student had left at his office door a "test bank" answered, and many students communicated that other students were bragging about how they had gotten hold of the test bank and so had all the answers prior to the exam. Moreover, Quinn didn't just "accuse the class of cheating": he had already negotiated with the school "full immunity" to those that will admit to the deed... At least 200 students admitted the cheating after they were offered the equivalent of full imm
Cites Thorsten S. · 2016-12 · Academia Stack Exchange · on “Academic Misconduct with alternate exam? Minimizing damage?”
UPDATE: I streamlined the argumentation and I admit that it is much clearer now. For the old one view the edits. Is the student guilty of academic misconduct ? Answer: The situation is unclear. The involved person was not cheating . The person provided the askers with information which helped the askers, not the askee. In fact by giving answers the askee puts herself in a disadvantage, so the only people who can be actually accused of cheating are the askers which are getting more information about the exam. So what could be the academic misconduct ? In this case it could be a breach of confidentiality if the askee was instructed to hold confidentiality about the exam or it would be obvious
Cites Boaty Mcboatface · 2019-09 · Academia Stack Exchange · on “What to include in an "explanation letter" after being falsely accused of cheating?”
Remark: I am NOT a lawyer and following are opinions. Collective punishment is, to my opinion, lowest anyone can go. The event you describe certainly reminds this: [this video] There are few very inappropriate things here. 1) There must be a case, i.e. disciplinary hearing, for each individual (or for small groups of people if there is evidence that they collabrated in this act) 2)Presumption of guilt. They accuse you of cheating and you are asked to prove you are innocent. This is absurd. Presumption of innocence, i.e. innocent until proven otherwise, is a fundamental legal principle. It is the core of modern legal system. 3) "My lecturer said each student have a chance to write a letter or affi