Harvard investigates up to 125 over alleged cheating

The official university site reported that a large number of undergraduates “may have inappropriately collaborated on answers, or plagiarized classmates' responses, on the final exam for the course.”

An initial investigation by the Harvard College Administration Board of more than 250 final exams resulted in cases of alleged cheating involving “nearly half the students in the class.”

Neither the course, nor the students were identified in the scandal, which would be one of the biggest at the Ivy League college.

According to the account, the allegations arose when a faculty member noticed “similarities between a number of exams.”

Harvard said the cheating allegations were limited to one class, but that the incident had already prompted reforms. The College Committee on Academic Integrity is to present “recommendations to reinforce the faculty's expectations of academic honesty,” the Harvard news website said.

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