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In reply to the discussion: Should the students who benefited from deceit be expelled? [View all]meadowlander
(4,413 posts)I said from the beginning if they didn't know, they should be provided with a pathway to make things whole again. And that's what I'm still saying.
But from a practical standpoint, it's very hard to prove whether they knew or didn't know. And therefore almost impossible to say whether they went on the cheat again in their classes.
If I was in that situation, I would welcome the opportunity to prove that I did actually earn my degree fair and square. Having to sit a test or provide some extra work isn't actually that big of an imposition considering that the student also benefits in terms of clearing their reputation and reasserting the value of their degree.
And I maintain that DACA is a really weak analogy. The reason an exception was made for those kids was because the alternative was genuinely unthinkable and would ruin their lives. That's not the case for these kids who, at worst, would be slightly inconvenienced.