Roughly 125 undergraduates out of the 279 enrolled in an Introduction to Congress class were involved a cheating scandal at Harvard University, about 60 of which have been forced to withdraw as a consequence. Half of the remaining students got disciplinary probation. The rest weren’t disciplined.
“Somewhat more than half of the Administrative Board cases this past fall required a student to withdraw from the College for a period of time,” Michael Smith, Harvard’s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences wrote. “Of the remaining cases, roughly half the students received disciplinary probation, while the balance ended in no disciplinary action.”
The inquiry began in the Spring semester of 2012 when a teaching assistant noticed oddly similar answers in a series of take-home exams. Investigation and all disciplinary action was concluded the following semester.
