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GAO report finds cheating, plagiarism and other violations in for-profit colleges’ online classes

By Tracy Jan

 |  Globe Staff  

  November 22, 2011

A number of for-profit colleges routinely gave students credit for substandard and plagiarized work, and handled students’ financial aid improperly, according to the results of an undercover investigation released today by the Government Accountability Office.

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