Though academic cheating is a world-wide concern, high-profile scandals over unfairly earned or bogus qualifications are commonplace in South Korea.

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Two star Harvard basketball players already had to sit out this year voluntarily in actions from an unrelated academic cheating scandal which made news last summer. ( Bloomberg).

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"We hear about cheating happening more and more, at younger ages, " especially as younger children bring more mobile devices to school, says Dr. Anderman, who is co-editor of a reference book on academic cheating.

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Harvard University has imposed academic sanctions on dozens of students for cheating in a final exam, a dean said in an email to students.

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According to a 2006 study by the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University, 56% of MBA students at a variety of schools acknowledged cheating (as a note 45% of law students admitted to cheating).

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"It takes cheating out of the equation, " said Tim Renick, the school's associate provost for academic programs.

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