> > Cheating is widespread because there are people in those courses who aren't interested in the material This is only part of the issue, IMO. Students (espec

> > Cheating is widespread because there are people in those courses who aren't interested in the material This is only part of the issue, IMO. Students (especially CS/Engineering students) are usually overloaded with work. I've caught otherwise motivated students cheating simply because they're stressed to perform and didn't want to fail--especially since they've usually gotten pretty far in their coursework once they get to me--and the stress got the better of them. No excuses for them (and I fail cheating/plagarism along with my Uni policy) but lack of interest isn't always the motivating factor. > I just think assessments should be more holistic I'm with you on this, but aside from the time issue which I brought up in a previous response, this has been attempted at Uni before. In the 1960s, UCSC attempted to eliminate all grading and assessments and had professors write a narrative about their students. It worked from a knowledge perspective, but was absolutely lambasted in the wider media and academic circles. https://old.reddit.com/r/UCSC/comments/wpmgax/does_anyone_know_what_happened_with_the_old/ https://old.reddit.com/r/UCSC/comments/wpmgax/does_anyone_kn...