Today's educational institutions depend primarily on computers and the information delivered through them. Each lesson includes assignments that must be done on a computer or require the use of the Internet. With the constant combination of computers and classrooms, academia has been completely overwhelmed by academic dishonesty. Students use the Internet for most of their research, writing papers, doing homework, building strengths, and socializing. Instead, teachers use the Internet to assign homework, develop lessons, and to determine whether a student has cheated or plagiarized on an assignment. Allegedly, the development of new technologies such as smartphones is responsible for the increase in student dishonesty. Recent studies indicate that “more than 75% of college students have cheated at least once.” Devices like iPhone, Android, iPad, and laptops are directly responsible for the increase in student misconduct. Unfortunately, the creation of smartphones is not the cause The real reason students cheat, they are simply an addition to the crime, and the real culprits are the students. A student, with poor academic ethics, in large classes, who has access to these devices, creates the perfect environment for academic dishonesty. utilize every aspect of computers' capabilities, using them for everything from attending classes. The ability to access large amounts of information is particularly useful for both professors and students. Their presence in academia has created an area where teachers cannot fully supervise and students have found a new way to cheat. In the past, students would pass notes under their desks or write answers on their arms before a test. Now, if students need to cheat, they have a more advantageous middle ground card......dishonesty. Schools today do not create or instill enough ethics in students and for this reason cheating is what it is today. Works Cited Chassey, Richard A. “Ethics and Student Development.” Diss. Blackburn College, 2002. Educational Resource Information Centre. Network. April 4, 2011. "Preventing Cheating in University Classrooms." Tallahassee Community College. Network. .Follendore, Roy D. "Why Students Cheat." Index. 2002. Network. 12 April 2011. Reid, Geneva. “The Top 5 Ways Students Use Technology to Cheat.” Higher education news and views. 3 September 2009. Web. 12 April. 2011.