Topic: cheating

Barnard College Gets Its Very Own Ivy League Cheating Scandal

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Harvard was only the beginning. Eight months after allegations of widespread cheating rocked the Ivy League university, another cheating scandal emerged on Tuesday afternoon at an affiliate college of Columbia University.

By J.K. Trotter

Apr 8, 2013

Does Harvard Need an Honor Code?

In the wake of several scandals, a bunch of Harvardians are calling for a formal honor code that, once implemented and signed by students, would somehow discourage students from cheating, plagiarizing, or otherwise tarnishing the good name of Harvard. Here's why that might, but probably won't, work.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 2, 2013

Oops, Harvard Actually Spied on Its Dean Even More Than We Thought

Well, this is embarrassing. Three weeks after trying to contain a scandal involving spying on administrator's email accounts, Harvard College dean Evelynn Hammands just admitted to spying spying on faculty too. 

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By Sara Morrison

Mar 29, 2013

Dozens of Atlanta Teachers Indicted in Cheating Scandal

A grand jury has indicted 35 school administrators and teachers for their alleged part in the biggest standardized test cheating ring in our nation's history.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 22, 2013

Harvard Has Sullied the Integrity of Quiz Bowl

According to a "security update" posted earlier this week by the National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC (which holds and judges quiz bowl tournaments), a member of Harvard's quiz bowl team will be stripped of four quiz bowl championship titles after the company caught him illicitly accessing official quiz questions before the tournaments were held. 

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 12, 2013

Did Harvard Just Make It OK to Spy on Employees?

In scanning the email of its resident deans in order to suss out the source of a leaked letter, Harvard may have made history — in setting an example for how to spy on employees in "blanket" fashion: Search 'em all to find just one, and don't tell anybody about it.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 10, 2013

Harvard Spied on Its Own Deans During the Cheating Scandal

It's probably safe to say that there weren't any winners in Harvard's recent cheating scandal, but the list of losers just keeps growing. The school's 16 resident deans are the latest unlucky bunch to find themselves involved.

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By Connor Simpson

Feb 2, 2013

Harvard Forces Students to Get Jobs as Punishment for Cheating

Between 60 and 70 Harvard students were forced to withdraw from school on Friday in the ultimate conclusion of a cheating scandal that could have happened at any school, but withdrawing probably doesn't mean what you think it does.

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By David Wagner

Nov 14, 2012

Today in Research

Great Whites Didn't Descend from 'Megasharks'; Oxytocin Makes Men More Monogamous

Discovered: Shark evolution unpacked; hormone puts a leash on cheating men; rogue planet discovered; MRSA outbreak reigned in.

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By Adam Martin

Sep 26, 2012

The Moral Math of Cheating in School

We've read a lot about cheating in the months since 71 students were suspended for sharing test answers at one of New York's top high schools, but some of the most illuminating reporting was The New York Times' coverage of students' "moral and academic math."

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 19, 2012

Trimming the Times

Wisconsin, a Subway Ad, and Le Cirque

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Adam Martin

Aug 30, 2012

Harvard 'Introduction to Congress' Class Was Apparently Cheating Central

The interesting thing about Harvard's big plagiarism scandal, which broke Thursday, is that all 125 students involved came from the same course, and the hilarious thing is that that course was apparently "Introduction to Congress."

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By Jen Doll

Aug 15, 2012

Inside Scrabble's Cheating Scandal: 'And Then His Hands Went Below the Table'

Yesterday, those outside the inner echelons of the competitive Scrabble-playing world were shocked to hear of a scandal beyond anything we could have imagined, cheating at Scrabble Nationals. Some of those within the scene were less surprised.

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By Jen Doll

Aug 14, 2012

A Scandal at Scrabble Nationals

Tuesday, the penultimate day of 2012's National SCRABBLE Championship in Orlando, Florida, the venerable event was hit with a scandal. Cheating!

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jul 9, 2012

Comment of the Day

'These Tests Should Be A Cakewalk'

Adam Martin's post today on the cheating scandal at New York's Stuyvesant High School prompted one of our commenters to reminisce about taking the same tests.

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By Adam Martin

Jul 9, 2012

New York's Most Gifted Students Cheated Like Idiots

The mechanics of a cheating scandal that's ensnared 71 students at New York's prestigious Stuyvesant High School were simple: Take cell-phone pictures of Regents exams, distribute via text, repeat.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 9, 2011

Spatwatch

Ashley Madison's Sexist Fat Joke Isn't Funny

The Players: Noel Biderman, CEO of Ashley Madison, a dating web site (12.2 million members and counting) whose slogan is: "Life is short. Have an affair."; "Jacqueline", a plus-sized model and porn entrepreneur who unknowingly appeared as the punchline of two of Ashley Madison's ads

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