Survey: Harvard freshmen admit cheating bit.ly/1cPAFOJ By Katherine Landergan, Town Correspondent In a survey of the Harvard freshman class, one in ten students admitted to cheating on an exam, and 42 percent said they cheated on a homework assignment or problem set, according to The Harvard Crimson. The student newspaper surveyed more than 1,300 students from the class of 2017, or nearly 80 percent of the freshman class. A year ago, Harvard announced that it was investigating whether a “significant number” of the 250 students in an undergraduate course cheated on a final exam. In February, the school confirmed that more than half of the Harvard students investigated by a college board were ordered to withdraw from the school. According to the results of the survey, ten percent of the incoming class admitted to cheating on an exam, and 17 percent said they had cheated on a take-home assignment or paper. Forty-two percent said they had cheated on a homework assignment or problem set. The Crimson said that the class of 2017 reported higher rates of cheating than did the most recent graduating class. In a survey last spring 7 percent of seniors said they had cheated on an exam, and 7 percent reported cheating on a paper or take-home exam. A total of 32 percent said they had cheated on a homework assignment or problem set during their time at Harvard. Katherine Landergan can be reached at klandergan@globe. For campus news updates, follow her on Twitter @klandergan. Looking for more coverage of area colleges and universities? Go to our Your Campus pages.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:03:57 +0000
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