May 17, 2002

College's Grading System Allows Professors to Denote Academic Dishonesty

Barton County Community College has instituted an honor system that would allow professors who catch a student cheating to be able to give a grade that indicates academic dishonesty.

Administrators and faculty members at the Kansas college decided on the policy following a string of cheating incidents that started last year. Professors can now assign a grade of "XF" to students who are caught plagiarizing, cheating on a test, or in other ways violating the college's

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