Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians
by WhitneyLand on Monday September 26, 2016 @09:45PM
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>>this is likely a huge generalisation...
Ya think? Sorry man I wouldn't be profiled as a cheater like that due to race or citizenship.
Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians
by brbsix on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @12:57AM
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I have nothing to say about profiling individuals but cheating appears to be a huge issue among international students. Per the WSJ [0]:
Public universities in the U.S. recorded 5.1 reports of alleged cheating for every 100 international students, versus one report per 100 domestic students
[0]: http://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-students-seen-cheating-m...
Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians
by barry-cotter on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @01:30AM
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I live in China. I have not made any effort to learn about plagiarism or impersonating people at exams in the four years I've been here. I know one Chinese person who sat an English language proficiency exam for her cousin, another whose Bachelor's thesis was almost entirely plagiarised. I met a Canadian guy who did a Master's degree in econometrics at Tsinghua (top 3 university in China). Apparently plagiarism was rampant.
On a more anecdotal level one of my fiancee's friends was dating a guy who sold SAT answers for a while.
I have a couple of friends who teach at international high schools here in Shanghai. It takes quite a long time to get through to the students that plagiarism is not okay and is taken seriously.
By the way no one brought up race in this thread until you did.
Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians
by WhitneyLand on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @07:29AM
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That's interesting - I'm surprised to hear so many first hand accounts.
If it is widespread it's especially unfortunate considering there's already some controversy around the high numbers of asian applicants.
Btw, I only mention race because it is a central topic of the article.
Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians
by tomp on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @09:22AM
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I'm sure others were cheating as well, but it wasn't as blatantly obvious as with those Chinese who didn't even speak English. So I'd say being fluent in English is a good way to avoid being profiled this way.
Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians
by bitter-pill on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @12:34AM
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Wow a tad racist eh? How about this, I wonder how whites get in to top schools as they have lower GPAs, lower SAT, lower activities, etc. than their asian counterparts. I put more than half the blame on the universities and their "DIVERSITY" BS.... Long term it really dilutes the value of education in my eyes...
Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians
by sp527 on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @01:34AM
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Strong username to post content ratio.
Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians
by strugglefun on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @09:33AM
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Are you using n-grams or ?
Now I have a close friend from China, and the mistery is solved: others are doing their exams/essays/assignments for them.
Keep in mind though, this is likely a huge generalisation (not all Chinese cheat and other nationalities cheat as well), and I put more than half of the blame on the universities themselves (they earn a lot of money accepting these kinds of students), but long-term, it really dilutes the value of this education in my eyes.