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6. Seriously?

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 05:54 AM

Feb 2013

This is definitely not the case in the majority of take home and open book tests.

Please, these kids were not even smart enough to change their answers so that they were not all exact copies of each other - with a take home exam no less.

Undergraduate-level Government?!

They should have had that knowledge from a high school civics class!

And they never should have been admitted to Harvard. Twenty years ago, they would have all been expelled permanently.

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Scores Of Harvard Students Suspended In Cheating Scandal [View all] Purveyor Feb 2013 OP

Take home and open book tests Gman Feb 2013 #1

Seriously? TM99 Feb 2013 #6

I give a take home final. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #9

Yeah, that was my experience on the receiving end of the things Posteritatis Feb 2013 #32

My students always pick in-class exams if it's an option. They are easier if you're prepared. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #38

As La Izquierda says below Gman Feb 2013 #10

Some but not all TM99 Feb 2013 #11

Many of the students were on various sports team--including the basketball tblue37 Feb 2013 #14

Yeah, I am TM99 Feb 2013 #16

I have also given take-home finals obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #13

Technically speaking most 3-15 page written papers undergraduates are given are SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #21

Apparently definitions are once more influx. TM99 Feb 2013 #28

Like I said I am a math professor, I do not allow take home tests. :) SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #29

Agreed on all points. :) nt TM99 Feb 2013 #31

I would think a dozen Non-Linear DifEq's would work One_Life_To_Give Feb 2013 #45

I was just coming to say this obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #12

That was my experience too (in general) daleo Feb 2013 #43

I had take-home tests. aquart Feb 2013 #2

That's a pretty weak punishment for that sort of thing, too Posteritatis Feb 2013 #3

Same here davidpdx Feb 2013 #5

Yes, that's what it should be... harmonicon Feb 2013 #7

I wonder how this will impact their future political careers? bluedigger Feb 2013 #4

The Law School plagiarism had a slight affect on VP Biden career.... whistler162 Feb 2013 #20

They Should Have Been Kicked Out Permanently erpowers Feb 2013 #8

Take home tests? Of course, there's cheating with shit like that!!! D'oh! nt valerief Feb 2013 #15

I think you should still be able to expect that an AGREEMENT to an honor code is respected. nt patrice Feb 2013 #23

At Harvard???? Really???? nt valerief Feb 2013 #34

I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked! :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #40

... amongst adults. nt patrice Feb 2013 #44

Hey, they had to cheat! It was a course on Congress! malthaussen Feb 2013 #17

I took a course several years ago in which part of the final exam was take-home... 1monster Feb 2013 #18

Why suspend them??? They are learning to be banksters and CEO's. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #19

What better training for a banker than a slap on the wrist for outright fraud? Bucky Feb 2013 #24

Wallstreet will hire them as they leave the campus. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #25

LOL- I'm laughing to keep from crying :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #41

And Congressmen. The class was on Congress, after all. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #35

They should be expelled, lose all past credits, and be banned for 2 years from accredited colleges Bucky Feb 2013 #22

This actually happened to a former politician from my state, hughee99 Feb 2013 #33

+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #42

Our nation's future leaders..... former9thward Feb 2013 #26

The take-home tests I've taken were hellish. Igel Feb 2013 #27

I had to laugh at this part skepticscott Feb 2013 #30

Back in my day blah blah blah alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #36

I'd imagine that many people feel their past experiences to something relevant is LanternWaste Feb 2013 #46

A class on Congress. If they plan to get there, woo me with science Feb 2013 #37

I used to love it when the fraternity guys who could get copies of past exams, came Hoyt Feb 2013 #39

I guess the young Republicans need to rethink that political resume builder...nt Evasporque Feb 2013 #47