[An early mention of this case stated: ``Harvard University is investigating what it calls an `unprecedented' case of cheating. College officials say around 125 students may have shared answers and plagiarized on a [Introduction To Congress] final exam.'' Source: Curt Nickisch, NPR 31 Aug.] The exam in question was an open-book take-home exam from a professor reportedly inclined to give mostly high grades based in part on factors such as the number of citations! Perhaps many of the 125 students were citing the same sources from the Internet? Is that collusion or collation collision? We await details. PGN] Richard Perez-Pena, *The New York Times*, 31 Aug 2012 Harvard students suspected in a major cheating scandal said that many of the accusations are based on innocent - or at least tolerated - collaboration among students, and with help from graduate-student teachers who sometimes gave them answers to test questions. Students said they were tripped up by a course whose tests were confusing, whose grading was inconsistent, and for which the professor and teaching assistants gave contradictory signals about what was expected. They face the possibility of a one-year suspension from Harvard or revocation of their diplomas if they have already graduated, and some said that they will sue the university if any serious punishment is meted out. In years past, the course, Introduction to Congress, had a reputation as one of the easiest at Harvard College. Some of the 279 students who took it in the spring semester said that the teacher, Matthew B. Platt, an assistant professor of government, told them at the outset that he gave high grades and that neither attending his lectures nor the discussion sessions with graduate teaching fellows was mandatory. ... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/education/students-of-harvard-cheating-sca... ------------------------------