[Spooky23]

At my university, the cheating thing was introduced as an ethnic justice issue. Iirc, the claim was that some groups of people had to collaborate on things like exams (aka cheat) so that they could overcome of cultural inertia of whatever things they were worried about.

It came to a head in a 400-level class, and the professor handled it by making the midterm and final extra credit, and giving everyone an A who showed up to every class, deducting a letter grade per absence, unless the student demonstrated that they were observing some religious or cultural observance in the university’s list of approved things. (Which included everything from major holidays to observances of Norse religious events)

That professor was able to get away with that because she had tenure and followed the letter of the law with respect to grading. Whatever the content of the argument, lecturers are serfs in the academic hierarchy and have agency or freedom. They get abused and fired every few years anyway, so if you’re in that position STFU or get drummed out.

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> ethnic justice issue. Iirc, the claim was that some groups of people had to collaborate on things like exams (aka cheat) so that they could overcome of cultural inertia of whatever things they were worried about

Why would I hire a group who only got through their qualifications by cheating? Sounds like it may lead to more discrimination than it solves...