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I feel compelled to add my two cents.  First of all, as someone in both the
academic and "real" worlds, I can offer two perspectives.  I have only
taken one take-home exam in both undergraduate and graduate school.  Mass
cheating ocurred.  This was in an IVY league school.  What did the professor
expect?  In my opinion, he asked for it and he got it.  Many of the academics
responding to the original message are missing the boat. In the real world,
corporate managers want employees who take the initiative to research and
find answers about the "unknown." This seems to be exactly what the student
who sent the original message is doing- finding answers.  Maybe he/she will
integrate the answer into the exam.  So what!  At least he/she is resourceful
enough to find another medium to ask the question.  He/she may even learn
something in addition to reading boring textbooks where authors feel compell-
ed to talk down to their audiences.In the "real" world, employers do not give
employees a written exam - they give employees a problem to solve.  It is up
to the individual employee (or team) how he/she (they) will solve the problem.
This is particulary true in the IS environment where problems occur daily.
Academics, if you give a take home exam - expect collaboration.
The resourceful problem-solver will find a damn-good answer through
a collaborative medium (such as the Internet).  This is the student who
is more likely to make it in the "real" world.
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Responses are more than welcome.
Robert Goldstein
RG9514A@AUVM.american.edu
American University IS Dept.
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) Systems Analyst.
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