This undeserved advantage can distract other students and perhaps even affect their grades or potential careers. According to Dakota State University, “widespread cheating causes honest students to become cynical and resentful. This is especially true when grades are curved and cheating directly affects other students” (“Is It”). Cheating also devalues ​​the academic performance of not only fellow students, but also the academic institution itself. Dakota State University notes that “alumni, prospective students, graduate schools, and employers learn to be wary of degrees issued by schools where cheating is widespread” (Does). This month, more than 3,000 UNC-Chapel Hill students were discovered to be involved in an academic fraud scandal that spanned nearly two decades. This could damage the reputation of the school, as well as the credibility of the diplomas of honest graduates. Brian Rosenberg, president of Macalester College, suggests that “falsified grades and transcripts of more than 3,000 students over more than a decade [is]…. . . a blatant violation” of accreditation standards. What happens to current students if the school loses accreditation? And what about those who planned to attend UNC-Chapel Hill? American University states that "a sound education is built by many working minds doing honest intellectual work, but its lasting value