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.

本周四，哈佛大学揭露了哈佛有史以来最大一起作弊丑闻。学校称近125名学生涉嫌在一个课外考试中合作抄袭，尽管该考试明确要求考生独立完成。

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.

学校行政处在发给学生的一个声明中指出，此次控告涉及春季学期的一门本科课程，是为了惩治“协作抄袭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.

校方称在选修该课程的250名学生中，近半数正接受哈佛管理委员会的调查，如果证明抄袭属实，他们将被停课一年。学校已告知这些学生被怀疑涉嫌抄袭，并将要求他们参加调查听证会，予以供述。 

“This is unprecedented in its scope and magnitude,” said Jay Harris, the dean of undergraduate education.

“此次抄袭范围之广，影响之大，前所未有。“本科教育教务主任杰伊·哈里斯(Jay Harris)表示。

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.

 学校行政人员称，为保护受指控同学的身份隐私，他们不会披露涉案的班级甚至科系名称。

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.

学生报纸-《哈佛校报》报道，该课程是一门政府课程，名为“美国国会概况”。该班级共有279名学生，授课老师是助理教授马修·B·普拉特(Matthew B. Platt)。 

Professor Platt did not respond to messages seeking comment.

普特拉教授没有对寻求评论的信息做出回应。

When final exams were graded in May, similarities were noticed in the answers given by some students, officials said, and a professor brought the matter to the administration immediately. Over the summer, Harvard’s administrative board conducted an initial review, going over the exams of all of the students in the class for evidence of cheating. It concluded that almost half of them showed signs of possible collaboration.

学校官方称，五月份在对学生期末考卷评分时，阅卷老师发现部分同学的答案相似，其中一名教授立即将情况上报给学校行政处。为寻找抄袭证据，今年夏天，哈佛行政委员会对此事进行了初步调查，审查了全班学生的试卷。调查结论是，近半数学生有合作抄袭的嫌疑。 

“The enabling role of technology is a big part of this picture,” Mr. Harris said. “It’s the ease of sharing. With that has come, I believe, a certain cavalier attitude.”

“科技手段在这个事件中发挥了不小的作用。”哈里斯说。“它使分享变得轻松”“正因如此，我认为，随之而来的就是一种满不在乎的态度“ 

The university said it planned to increase efforts to teach students about academic integrity.

哈佛称计划加强对学生的学术诚信教育。 

“The scope of the allegations suggests that there is work to be done to ensure that every student at Harvard understands and embraces the values that are fundamental to its community of scholars,” Harvard’s president, Drew Gilpin Faust, told The Harvard Gazette, the university’s official newspaper.

哈佛大学校长德鲁·吉尔平·福斯特(Drew Gilpin Faust)在接受学校官方报纸《哈佛大学报》(Harvard Gazette)采访时表示，此次指控涉及广泛，这表明学校仍需努力，确保每一位同学都能理解并秉承哈佛大学学术圈的根本价值观。 

Harvard’s student handbook says that students must “comply with the policy on collaboration established for each course,” and notes that such policies vary from department to department, from class to class, and even from assignment to assignment within a class.

哈佛学生手册规定，学生必须“遵守每一门课程有关合作的政策”，并指出，不同的学科，不同的课程，甚至一门功课的不同作业都有不同的合作规定。

The news comes as Harvard students are returning to campus for the fall term, which begins on Tuesday.

此消息爆出时，正值学生返校，他们将于下周二开始秋季学期的学习。

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