Cheating at American colleges is a big problem. Georgia Tech is fighting back. : The Georgia Institute of Technology Montgomery Knight Aerospace Engineering Building and Tech Tower ... [+] are pictured on Friday, June 16, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photographer: Philip McCollum/Bloomberg News. Considering how much we collectively invest in higher education in America, and the outsized returns our colleges and universities generate, it’s appalling how little we – they – invest in protecting it. Every school in the country has a cheating problem, from Harvard and Stanford on to You Name It State.