The difference in punishments is based on the severity of the offense in the university’s honor code, which sets different levels of infractions.
“Based on the hearing and investigation the judicial board conducted, they felt some students fell into one category and some fell into another,” Hemmerich said. “Various factors were taken into account as to why one infraction would be more severe than another.”
The honor code is posted in Fuqua classrooms, says Douglas T. Breeden, dean of the business school.
A survey released last year by Rutgers University professor Don McCabe showed 56 percent of MBA students acknowledged cheating in 2005. In other fields, 47 percent of graduate students said they cheated.
— Associated Press© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com
