October 10, 2008

Cellphones, Handy Tools for Emergency Alerts, Could Be Used for Cheating During Tests

By Caitlin Moran

Many colleges use cellphones to warn the campus of potential threats. The devices are, after all, in almost every student's pocket. But now worried instructors and administrators say that students might use phones to cheat on tests.

Not only do cellphones give students a new way to stealthily ask a friend for help. They now have the ability to access Google and other Internet-based services that make it easy to retrieve information from the Web via text

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