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It's incredible how high the punishments for cheating are. 1 year suspension for collaborating on a take home test?
by pdenya 14y ago
It's incredible how high the punishments for cheating are. 1 year suspension for collaborating on a take home test?
- waterlesscloud 14y agoSo don't cheat.
- tptacek 14y agoYou can cheat on a final at Harvard and not be expelled?
- pdenya 14y agoThe article mentions the blurred line between collaborating and cheating. Seems like this is the former since it requires analysis rather than just comparing matching answers.
- draggnar 14y agoBut the point is... does the line even exist? Why should a line that does not produce optimal results exist? Wouldn't you be able to come up with a better articulated answer to a question if you see the responses of all your peers first? The problem is well then we can't grade you because we can't separate you from your peers. But then why go to school in the first place? To get affirmation or to learn?
- brd 14y agoI also found this surprising. While penalties at some schools may seem extreme I think expulsion, immediate failure of the class, etc are perfectly reasonable consequences. Catching a student cheating isn't very easy, its shockingly common, and it takes a toll on the rest of the student body that doesn't cheat. I consistently notified teachers when I saw blatant occurrences of cheating. The last thing I want is for my Alma Mater to be producing an unethical alumni body that waters down the value of my degree and GPA.
- gms7777 14y agoClearly, the punishments aren't high enough if half of a course weighs their options and decides to cheat anyway. And compared to most universities a 1 year suspension for cheating on an exam seems very lenient.
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- Mvandenbergh 14y agoIt looks like that's the worst possible punishment, I doubt anyone will get that.
- majormajor 14y agoThey should be thanking their lucky stars they aren't at Virginia.
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- defen 14y agoI know a guy who was suspended for a year for lifting a few sentences from a previous paper he had written, and using them in a different paper for a different course, without attributing himself.