A Society of Cheats
theatlantic.com
theatlantic.com
Perhaps American college enrollment in on the brink of a 10X implosion.
It's all economics at the end of the day. If you see yourself as having to compete with the entirety of china, india, and wherever else in your classroom so that you can get the 500K starting salary + all benefits vs crushing debt, 45K starting, no health insurance, no chance of home ownership etc, then obviously cheating will be prevalent. Fix the economics of higher-ed and careers, and the academic spirit will return.
Yes...but sadly a cure for cancer seems far more likely. Any real fix would run against far too many entrenched interests.