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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Cheating at Duke

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- The largest cheating scandal ever at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business involved more than a take-home exam, a business school official said Tuesday.


While some may see this as a black eye for Duke, I personally see it as a sign of integrity. Perhaps other schools would have swept the incident under the rug to avoid negative publicity. I remember when a group of students at UT Arlington were caught cheating on an accounting exam. If a punishment was administered, all of the guilty students were aloud to finish the course. Duke, on the other hand, took bold measures to protect their reputation. Perhaps, their reaction was, in part, due to the recent Lacrosse scandal.

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