UNAM orders 58,000 students to retake entrance exam after cheating concerns
TL;DR
UNAM will hold a second, in-person entrance exam for about 58,000 students after investigators flagged irregular results in a largely online test monitored by AI; nearly 160,000 applicants took the test, authorities annulled around 3,174 results amid concerns of identity impersonation, external help and cheating, prompting protests and a criminal complaint as admissions are paused and the new academic year is pushed back to August 31.
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- Did 75,000 Students Cheat on a College-Entrance Exam in Mexico? The New York Times
- Nearly 60,000 UNAM applicants must retake entrance exam following AI cheating fiasco Mexico News Daily
- An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it Ars Technica
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