Harvard suspends 60 cheaters

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Published: 2 Feb 2013 at 15.34
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BOSTON - Harvard University has suspended about 60 students in a cheating scandal that involved the final exam in a class on the US Congress, drawing criticism from a high-profile alumnus.

The school implicated as many as 125 students in the scandal when officials first addressed the issue last year.

The inquiry started after a teaching assistant in a spring semester undergraduate government class detected problems in the take-home test, including that students may have shared answers.

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thailife69
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Discussion 6 : 03 Feb 2013 at 13.056
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Appears they have already passed with flying colors to be US politicians.
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Discussion 5 : 03 Feb 2013 at 07.255
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D#3 you seem to lack an understanding of sarcasm re D#1, which was well put. Cheating/copying is an accepted form of "work" in Thai educational institutions. Its called "The group effort"
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Discussion 4 : 02 Feb 2013 at 22.184
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if we adopt the same policy here, I am sure, all Thail students are suspended. Cheating is part of their curriculum
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Discussion 3 : 02 Feb 2013 at 22.163
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bkklive - Your comment is derogatory, insulting Thai and Harvard University. You don't deserve any decency.
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Discussion 2 : 02 Feb 2013 at 22.162
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Plain cheating is certainly not accepted, to be a 'way of life', but hardly any successful person ever became 'sucessful', by always walking the 'staight line'. Slight 'deviations' are moving us forward.
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Discussion 1 : 02 Feb 2013 at 19.311
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Perhaps the university is just preparing for an influx of Thai students with parents that won't worry too much about 'paying for results' ? (either by making ACTUAL monetary payments .... OR ..... asking their daughters to 'put out' to a number of professors in return for a "result").
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