“Twelve University of Maryland undergraduates have been accused of using Web-equipped cell phones or handheld organizers to cheat on a business school final exam last month, according to the school’s student-run Honor Council.

Six of them have admitted to misconduct during that same test, the council said.” What amazes me is why, in this day and age, their business school professors persist in giving tests that can be cheated upon in the first place, i.e. that require memorization rather than the effective use of resources and integration of data that a ‘web-enabled open book’ format, if you will, would allow (and which is probably more like the skills the students will need to succeed after graduating, which is what they should be testing…). sunspot