January 5, 2001
Chinese Applicants to U.S. Universities Often Resort to Shortcuts or Dishonesty
Students can buy essays, stand-ins for exams, and improper access to standardized tests
Every time Mr. Alexander rewrites an application for a Chinese student seeking admission to an American university, he gets 1,000 yuan, or $120.
As an American graduate student at an Ivy League university, trying to survive on grant money here while doing research on his dissertation, he finds that money hard to turn down -- even though he knows that what he is doing is wrong. In the past
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