哈佛大学125名科生涉嫌作弊.doc

Harvard Says 125 Students May Have Cheated on a Final Exam By RICHARD PéREZ-PE?A and JESS BIDGOOD?September 01, 2012 教育 哈佛大学125名本科生涉嫌作弊 RICHARD PéREZ-PE?A,??JESS BIDGOOD?联合报道?2012年09月01日 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —?Harvard University?revealed Thursday what could be its largest cheating scandal in memory, saying that about 125 students might have worked in groups on a take-home final exam despite being explicitly required to work alone. 马萨诸塞州坎布里奇——周四，哈佛大学(Harvard University)曝出了也许是其史上最大的作弊丑闻，约125名学生涉嫌在一门课外考试中分组合作，而该考试明确要求学生独立完成。 The accusations, related to a single undergraduate class in the spring semester, deal with “academic dishonesty, ranging from inappropriate collaboration to outright plagiarism,” the administration said?in a note sent to students. 学校管理部门在一份发给学生的声明中说，指控涉及在春季学期开设的一门本科生课程，是为惩治“不当合作和直接抄袭等学术欺诈行为”。 Officials said that nearly half of the more than 250 students in the class were under investigation by the Harvard College Administrative Board and that if they were found to have cheated, they could be suspended for a year. The students have been notified that they are suspected and will be called to give their accounts in investigative hearings. 学校官方称，在选修该课程的250多名学生中，有近半数的人在接受哈佛学院行政委员会(Harvard College Administrative Board)的调查，并且如果他们被证实确有作弊，将可能被迫休学一年。校方已告知这些学生他们被怀疑作弊，并将要求其参加调查听证会，进行供述。 Elise Amendola/Associated Press 位于马萨诸塞州坎布里奇哈佛大学的一个大门。 “This is unprecedented in its scope and magnitude,” said Jay Harris, the dean of undergraduate education. 哈佛大学本科教育教务主任杰伊·哈里斯(Jay Harris)表示， “此次事件涉及范围之广，影响之大，前所未有。” Administrators would not reveal the name of the class or even the department, saying that they wanted to protect the identities of the accused students. The Harvard Crimson, the university’s student newspaper,?reported that it was a government class, Introduction to Congress, which had 279 students, and that it was taught by Matthew B. Platt, an assistant professor. 校方不愿透露该课程、甚至相关院系的名称，称他们想保护被指控学生的身份隐私。据哈佛大学学生报纸《绯红报》(The Harvard Crimson)报道，该课程是一门政府课程，“美国国会概况”，共有279名