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Wharton Students Under Investigation for Cheating

September 6, 2007 RSS Feed Print

 The University of Pennsylvania is looking into allegations of cheating by a "large number" of students on a final project in a Wharton business school freshman class last semester, the Daily Pennsylvanian writes.

The projects first attracted suspicion when professors began noticing "excessive overlaps" in the students' work. Here's a tip: If you're not smart enough to do the work, you're not smart enough to cheat and get away with it.—Alison Go

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