Harvard: Dozens disciplined over exam cheating
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Dozens of Harvard University students have been academically disciplined in an investigation into cheating on an open-book, take-home final exam.
As many as 125 students were implicated in the exam-cheating scandal when the university addressed the issue last year.
The inquiry started after a teaching assistant detected problems, including that students may have shared answers.
School officials say the spring course involved included undergraduate students at all class levels.
In an email sent across the campus Friday, a Harvard dean spoke about how the school's academic integrity board resolved cases related to the cheating probe.
He said "somewhat more than half" the cases involved students who were forced to withdraw from the college for a period of time. Of remaining cases, half the students got disciplinary probation. The rest weren't disciplined.
Some athletes became ensnared, including two basketball players who were scratched from the roster.
As many as 125 students were implicated in the exam-cheating scandal when the university addressed the issue last year.
The inquiry started after a teaching assistant detected problems, including that students may have shared answers.
School officials say the spring course involved included undergraduate students at all class levels.
In an email sent across the campus Friday, a Harvard dean spoke about how the school's academic integrity board resolved cases related to the cheating probe.
He said "somewhat more than half" the cases involved students who were forced to withdraw from the college for a period of time. Of remaining cases, half the students got disciplinary probation. The rest weren't disciplined.
Some athletes became ensnared, including two basketball players who were scratched from the roster.
Perfect training for modern business leadership, except for the getting caught part.
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US Business motto: "Fines for breaking the law are just a cost of doing business."
Aren't these Ivy Leaguers being trained as the future leaders of our country? A scary prospect.
Rich and spoiled maybe?
 @FreedomRocks That's how Obama got through school.
 @TreeWizard  @FreedomRocks As opposed to bush, who was so rich and spoiled he got "a gentleman's C".
 @FreedomRocks  @Old29 Am glad am not the only one that recognized that. lol
 @Old29  @TreeWizard Given he got a C not sure how that would point toward being a cheater like Obummer? Most people that cheat do so to get better then a C...
Take home open book. I would have to assume they would share answers. Maybe holding exams in the classroom under teacher supervision would be a better tactic. It's nice to think everyone is totally honest but if you make it that easy to cheat a lot of people will.
Nah. They can get comfy jobs managing retirement funds and utility companies, too!
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This is just another example to show that having a piece of paper doesn't make you smart. Just as having a Super Bowl ring doesn't mean that you got the team there.
Expel them all. People that cheat can only be one thing in life, politicians, and we don't need more of them.
 @RalphCramden Some cheaters become sports heros, too.
Why would you need to cheat on an open book exam? And what does this exam prove? That with the information in front of you, you can transfer it, word for word, on to a different piece of paper?
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How can you be accused of cheating on an exam that is created and set up to enable the student to have the answers right there in front of them?
 @Owt_Raged Depends on what subject it was.Â
@Owt_Raged  The reason that they cheated is because they did not want to do the work themselves. An open book exam proves to me that someone has the ability to read the material and can process the information.Â
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You can be accused of cheating on an open book exam when everyone has the same incorrect information.