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

It goes without saying that students shouldn't grade each others' quizzes, [[honor code]] or no.

As a result of the cheating, Professor Ellsberg threw out all the quiz grades and added a final worth 70% of a student's grade.

==External Links==
* [http://bwog.com/tag/barnard-cheating-scandal/ Full coverage of the scandal] on [[Bwog]]
:* [http://bwog.com/2013/05/07/widespread-cheating-scandal-at-barnard/ Bwog's post that broke the news]
:* [http://bwog.com/2013/05/08/most-barnard-cheaters-are-actually-columbia-students/ Bwog's revelation via a "source close to Professor Ellsberg" that most of the cheaters were CC students.]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/nyregion/at-barnard-college-reports-of-cheating-prompt-changes.html?_r=0 New York Times article on the cheating]

[[Category:Academic scandals]]