125 Harvard undergraduates stand charged with academic dishonesty after collaborating on a final exam last spring. There is a certain amount of grim irony in the particulars: the course is “Introduction to Congress.” While Congress is no stranger to dishonesty, academic or otherwise, it does seem increasingly estranged from any semblance of collaboration.
Cheating at Harvard, and in the “Real World”
The real scandal is how poorly America’s schools prepare students for life after school.
September 05, 2012
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