<p>We just took a midterm and a couple of us in the sixth row noticed a student with a cheat sheet in the third row. I think two students told a TA about this, and I’m pretty sure the TA told the professor because they were quietly laughing and pointing to the student.</p>
<p>But they didn’t call out the student even after the midterm was over and everyone walked out of class. I thought cheating led to an immediate trip to the dean and expulsion? Or is the professor biding this time, like a twisted version of punk’d?
“Here’s your final gra–whoops, you cheated. Fail!” :P</p>
<p>Most likely they will speak in private with the student who was attempting to cheat. The teacher and TA probably did not want to cause a scene during and after the exam.</p>
<p>Under the Rutgers Academic Integrity policy, using prohibited materials on a test counts for a LEVEL THREE VIOLATION (It’s a lot. I bolded the important information so you don’t have to read everything):</p>
<p>*Level Three Violations
Level Three violations are breaches of academic integrity that are more serious in nature or that affect a more significant aspect or portion of the course work compared with Level Two violations. Examples include:</p>
<pre><code>1. Repeat Level Two violations.
2. Presenting the work of another as one’s own.
3. Copying work on hourly exams or final exams.
4. Plagiarizing major portions of a written assignment.
5. Acting to facilitate copying during an exam.
6. Using prohibited materials, such as books, notes, or calculators during an examination.
7. Conspiring before an exam to develop methods of illicitly exchanging information during the exam.
8. Altering examinations for the purposes of regrading.
9. Acquiring or distributing copies of an examination from an unauthorized source prior to the examination period.
10. Submitting purchased materials such as a term paper.
11. Removing or damaging posted or reserve material, or preventing other students from having access to the material.
12. Fabricating data by inventing or deliberately altering material. Fabrication includes citing “sources” that are not, in fact, sources.
13. Using unethical or improper means of acquiring data.
</code></pre>
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***The sanction for Level Three violations ordinarily is an F for the course and suspension for one or more semesters, depending on the seriousness of the violation. ***</p>
<p>If they have proof that the kid was cheating and it was severe, he might end up failing the course. Yet again, it depends on the seriousness and severity.</p>
<p>I’ve witnessed this happen only once at Rutgers and it seemed they got away with it. There was a test where it was obvious two guys were communicating (hand movements, putting the paper in an angle where each of the guys can see etc…) with each other during the exam and the professor simply just seperated them.</p>
<p>Huh…I always thought it was immediate expulsion. That’s the impression my Expos prof gave when he went on and on about cheating (I guess copying and pasting’s more “severe” than a small cheat sheet)</p>
<p>Depends on the teacher I guess. They wouldn’t wait until the end of the course. The professor will probably email the student and tell him that he was caught cheating and he can just admit it and take an F on that exam or deny it and if there is proof than he could fail the course or be expelled. Sort of like a 2nd chance to come clean.</p>