More than half of the students implicated in last year’s cheating scandal at Harvard University have been required to withdraw from school for a … College officials say around 125 students may have shared answers and plagiarized on a [Introduction To Congress] final exam. Harvard gaurd Oliver McNally during the NCAA tournament in 2012. https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/25/opinion/mills-harvard-cheating/index.html This article is more than 8 years old. Farhad Manjoo argued in September 2012 that the students should be rewarded, not disciplined. On the Harvard "Cheating" Scandal September 5, 2012 by Ed Felten The news that Harvard is investigating more than 100 students on charges of unauthorized collaboration on a take-home exam has, predictably, led many commentators to chime in. The article is reprinted below.Last week, Harvard announced that it was investigating more than 100 students for cheating on the final exam of a course called “Introduction to Congress.” McNally's co-captains, Brandyn Curry and Kyle Casey, are implicated in the cheating scandal. By Hugo Gye. Revealed: Harvard cheating scandal which could see over 100 students thrown out of elite college was discovered because of a TYPO. While the Harvard scandal may have been the highest-profile cheating incident this year, it was hardly the only one. After reviewing more than 250 take-home exams turned in last Spring, the Harvard College Administrative Board has opened cases involving nearly half the 279 students enrolled in the class.… What a scandal that such a thing would happen at Harvard! Harvard University announced last week that the school is investigating 125 students for possibly cheating on a take-home final exam for "Government 1310: Introduction to Congress." Harvard University’s announcement last week of an investigation into a case of widespread cheating offered a little thrill of schadenfreude for some: confirmation, perhaps, that a venerable 376-year-old institution — whose motto, “Veritas,” means truth in Latin — could be caught up in the same pedestrian crimes and misdemeanors found at less lofty altitudes. Harvard Cheating Scandal By Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D. | 2012-09-11T05:48:14-07:00 August 31st, 2012 | Ethics in the News , In the News | Comments Off on Harvard Cheating Scandal Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! -- Harvard University is investigating what it calls an "unprecedented" case of cheating. The 2012 Harvard cheating scandal involved approximately 125 Harvard College students who were investigated for cheating on the take-home final examination of the spring 2012 edition of Government 1310: "Introduction to Congress".Harvard announced the investigation publicly on August 30, 2012.