Academic Cheating in Online and Live College Courses during the COVID Pandemic

The topic of cheating at the college level has received greater attention since the 2019 pandemic. This is in part because countless institutions of higher education switched many of their live/inperson classes to an online learning format. In comparing cheating in live classes to online classes during the 2020-2021 academic year, our survey study results showed a stronger prevalence of cheating in online classes, and more than half (53.2%) of the students reported knowing a classmate who cheated during the pandemic. The aspects of gender and class rank are also discussed related to cheating.