Harvard to be Harsh on ‘Intro to Congress’ Cheaters: New Details
How will Harvard determine the guilt (or innocence) of students charged with cheating in last spring’s Intro to Congress course? A tipster writes in:
My Resident Dean told me that:
1. if you sat down and took the exam with others, discussed the exam with others, for whatever reason – RWD [Require to Withdraw] / Failure of the Course
2. If you received information while the exam was out, be it answers, notes, study guides, etc – RWD / Failure of the Course
3. If your overlap is because of shared notes, shared study guides, shared information before the exam – scratch or take no action
4. If you sent information, be it answers, notes, study guides, etc, while the exam was out – RWDMost importantly, The board will not take the “culture of collaboration” that has existed in the course for many years when reaching it’s decision. They will leave the sanctioning of the course up to the government department
Interesting: My RD told me that students will have to prove their stories. If you say you shared notes…you must produce them. if you say you used study guides, you must produce them, if you said you sent an email, you must produce it – or else the board will think you’re lying. I reminded her that the ad board is not a court of law and do not have a burden of proof to meet. she said that in a case like this, you just have to prove your story

There are several reasons to doubt that 



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