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Offline bijou

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Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« on: August 31, 2012, 10:55:49 AM »
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About 125 Harvard University undergraduates are being investigated for cheating on a final exam earlier this year, the most widespread academic misconduct scandal known at the school, college officials said.  ...  Several students familiar with the investigation said the class in question was Government 1310: Introduction to Congress, taught by Matthew Platt, the Harvard Crimson student newspaper reported today. There are 279 students in the class, according to Harvard’s website. Platt declined to comment when reached by telephone.

The incident came to light when a teaching fellow noticed similarities among a number of exams in mid-May and brought it to the attention of the professor in charge of the course, Harris said. That led the Administrative Board to begin a review of every exam, he said.

While he wouldn’t discuss specifics, Harris said school officials believe that electronic communication was part of the apparent rule violations. Students who have been raised in the Internet age may view all kinds of media differently than past generations, he said. ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/harvard-plagiarism-probe-under-way-for-about-125-students.html
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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2012, 10:58:31 AM »
Liberal family values (or the students are on the Kennedy/Zakaria Plan).
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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2012, 11:01:20 AM »
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the class in question was Government 1310: Introduction to Congress


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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2012, 11:03:59 AM »
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the class in question was Government 1310: Introduction to Congress

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That right there is cause for immediate dismissal of the charges and awarding of "A's" to every student involved.  There is no possible way the students weren't demonstrating a thorough knowledge of the subject material.
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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2012, 11:21:51 AM »
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A friggin TAKE HOME TEST????  AYFKM???

$60K a year for a test you take home and do open-book, and STILL half the class cheated?  OMFG.

ETA: Found the 2011 syllabus:

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In order to evaluate students' grasp of the course readings and lectures there will be four essay
examinations. Each exam will provide students with a choice of three prompts that require a 3-5
page response incorporating the central ideas from the readings/lectures to that point. Students
will have at least one week to complete the exam, no make-up exams will be ofered, and late exams
will be severely penalized.

Yeah, that looks sooooooo tough.
« Last Edit: August 31, 2012, 11:26:40 AM by NHSparky »
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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2012, 11:33:35 AM »
Damn, I should have gone to HAA-vard...I couldda been a contender congressman.
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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2012, 12:45:55 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 31, 2012, 11:21:51 AM
Boston Globe Story

A friggin TAKE HOME TEST????  AYFKM???

$60K a year for a test you take home and do open-book, and STILL half the class cheated?  OMFG.

ETA: Found the 2011 syllabus:

LINK

Yeah, that looks sooooooo tough.

How can you cheat on an open book test?
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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2012, 01:28:34 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on August 31, 2012, 12:45:55 PM
How can you cheat on an open book test?

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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2012, 01:37:24 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on August 31, 2012, 12:45:55 PM
How can you cheat on an open book test?

Hey, 99% of the HAA-vard grads are liberals... right?...liberals cheat on everything, their spouses, their taxes....so, where there's a liberal, there's a way to cheat.
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Re: Harvard Cheating Probe Under Way for About 125
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2012, 04:41:23 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 31, 2012, 01:37:24 PM
Hey, 99% of the HAA-vard grads are liberals... right?...liberals cheat on everything, their spouses, their taxes....so, where there's a liberal, there's a way to cheat.

I guess this is right.
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