• They don't study or prepare = 32%
• They need to pass or get good grades = 29%
• They feel pressure to succeed = 12%
• They don't know answers or understand material = 9%
• They do not have enough time to prepare = 5%

Surveys and studies indicate that

• 50 percent of students who reported that they had cheated "did not believe cheating was necessarily wrong" (Kleiner and Lord, 1999). 
• 84 percent of college students think that "they need to cheat to get ahead in the world today" (Kleiner and Lord, 1999).
• 90 percent of college students believe that cheaters "never pay the price" (Kleiner and Lord, 1999). 
• 95 percent of high school students who admit to cheating said that "they have never been caught" (Kleiner and Lord, 1999).
• Almost 50% of high school students think that "teachers sometimes ignore cheating" (McCade, 2001).

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