Plagiarism Statistics

• 66% of 16,000 students from 31 prestigious U.S. universities have cheated at least once, says 1991 Rutgers University study (8).
  • 12% of those reported themselves as regular cheaters.
  • This means nearly seven out of ten students cheat, and at least one of those cheats all the time!!
  
  
• 36% of undergraduates have admitted to plagiarizing written material, says 1997 Psychological Record study (2).
  
  
• 4 out of 5 high achievers surveyed in 1998 admitted to cheating on school work according to publishers of Who's Who Among American High School Students (9).
  • More than half of those students said such cheating was "no big deal," and practically none got caught.
  
  
• Cheating on campus increased an estimated 744% from 1993 to 1997, says University of California-Berkley officials (9).

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