If I were a professor and I was aware of rampant cheating, I’d take a few simple steps to curb it. First of all, I’d make students write a *hand-written* page or two of text at the start of the class. This would be easy to cross-reference against future papers for grammar, spelling, and style if there were any suspicions.

Secondly, during tests there would be complete silence, and I’d either split up students or go on patrol for the duration.

I would obviously avoid assignments that could be cheated on at home easily. Maybe do more in-class writing assignments that couldn’t be cheated on?

I’d vary my test answers year to year. Jill told me that students at her college would HAND OUT ANSWERS before tests because they were the same answers every year. And this was at a Christian college!

Finally, I’d warn the students that, if caught cheating, you’d get an automatic F for the class, period.