Soviet academic credits

[Genevra Gerhart]

Greetings
On the cheating problem: not everybody, not always, but still very often.
Rife is a good word. In my living room  I have had Russian professors at
major institutions joke about cheating antics they at least witnessed if not
actually participated in as students. I have had Russian students
delightedly report spending test time in the restroom so they could help out
their American friends who were dealing with finals, but who seemed to have
a weak bladder. I did explain to the Russian that he was risking his own
studenthood.

I asked one professor what he did to discourage the habit and he reported
carefully seating the students, etc. and then watching attentively,  but he
did add that oral exams were instituted for the purpose of eliminating any
discrepancies.  Unfortunately, I also know of one case where the oral exam
was used to keep a Jew out of a university. (The professor had total
control, and the student had no paper proof.)

Genevra Gerhart

http://www.GenevraGerhart.com

ggerhart at attbi.com
(206) 329-0053

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