Students cheat because they're paying tens of thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that becomes more valuable as their grades increase. Or even, if they do

Students cheat because they're paying tens of thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that becomes more valuable as their grades increase. Or even, if they don't pass, they might as well just be pissing tens of thousands of dollars away into the wind. College seems to be mostly focused on passing tests and getting grades and you've got like 3 months per semester to learn an entire subject well enough to pass said tests, not to mention your entire future is riding on this. I didn't cheat in school but I knew people who were constantly stressed about their grades and wouldn't have hesitated to cheat if they weren't worried about getting caught.