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The '''Major English Texts II cheating scandal''' was when a lot—a lot—of people cheated in a "notoriously easy" [[English]] class at [[Barnard College]]. Basically, two things were happening: (1) people were cheating on weekly reading quizzes with Google and (2) students were paying other students to go easy on those student graded quizzes. And it turned out that most of the cheaters were [[Columbia College]] students.
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The [[2013]] '''Major English Texts II cheating scandal''' involved a lot—a lot—of people cheating on a "notoriously easy" [[English]] class at [[Barnard College]]. Basically, two things were happening: (1) people were cheating on weekly reading quizzes with Google and (2) students were paying other students to go easy on those student graded quizzes. And it turned out that most of the cheaters were [[Columbia College]] students.
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Of course, it doesn't help that the instructor, Peggy Ellsberg, let students self-grade the quizzes.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:44, 13 May 2013

The 2013 Major English Texts II cheating scandal involved a lot—a lot—of people cheating on a "notoriously easy" English class at Barnard College. Basically, two things were happening: (1) people were cheating on weekly reading quizzes with Google and (2) students were paying other students to go easy on those student graded quizzes. And it turned out that most of the cheaters were Columbia College students.

Of course, it doesn't help that the instructor, Peggy Ellsberg, let students self-grade the quizzes.

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