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Eighteen midshipmen expelled or resign after cheating investigation at Naval Academy
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Eighteen midshipmen expelled or resign after cheating investigation at Naval Academy
By Lauren Lumpkin and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Today at 6:19 p.m. EDT
CORRECTION
An earlier version of this story said the Naval Academy had expelled 18 students. According to the academy, a number of those students resigned during the cheating investigation though the academy declined to say how many. This article has been corrected.
Eighteen midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., have been expelled or resigned following an investigation into cheating on a physics exam in December 2020, officials said Friday.
More than 650 midshipmen took the final exam that month for General Physics I, which was administered through an online platform. The students were given written and verbal instructions that said they could not use outside websites or sources to complete the test, according to a statement from the academy.
Vice Adm. Sean Buck, the academy’s superintendent, initiated an investigation after learning midshipmen may have used outside sources, including other websites, during the exam, officials said. Academy leaders were also made aware that some midshipmen used an anonymous chat platform to discuss the exam after they finished.
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This is not the first time the Naval Academy has been tarnished by a cheating scandal. In 1994, then-Navy Secretary John H. Dalton ordered 24 midshipmen expelled for cheating on an electrical engineering exam. Some students were accused of buying and selling copies of the exam, while others were charged with writing formulas on index cards used during the test.
By Lauren Lumpkin
Lauren Lumpkin is a reporter at The Washington Post covering local colleges and universities. Twitter https://twitter.com/laurenmlumpkin
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel covers the economics of higher education, writing about the financial policies that determine a student's access to education and ability to complete a credential. Twitter https://twitter.com/DaniDougPost
Eighteen midshipmen expelled or resign after cheating investigation at Naval Academy
By Lauren Lumpkin and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Today at 6:19 p.m. EDT
CORRECTION
An earlier version of this story said the Naval Academy had expelled 18 students. According to the academy, a number of those students resigned during the cheating investigation though the academy declined to say how many. This article has been corrected.
Eighteen midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., have been expelled or resigned following an investigation into cheating on a physics exam in December 2020, officials said Friday.
More than 650 midshipmen took the final exam that month for General Physics I, which was administered through an online platform. The students were given written and verbal instructions that said they could not use outside websites or sources to complete the test, according to a statement from the academy.
Vice Adm. Sean Buck, the academy’s superintendent, initiated an investigation after learning midshipmen may have used outside sources, including other websites, during the exam, officials said. Academy leaders were also made aware that some midshipmen used an anonymous chat platform to discuss the exam after they finished.
{snip}
This is not the first time the Naval Academy has been tarnished by a cheating scandal. In 1994, then-Navy Secretary John H. Dalton ordered 24 midshipmen expelled for cheating on an electrical engineering exam. Some students were accused of buying and selling copies of the exam, while others were charged with writing formulas on index cards used during the test.
By Lauren Lumpkin
Lauren Lumpkin is a reporter at The Washington Post covering local colleges and universities. Twitter https://twitter.com/laurenmlumpkin
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel covers the economics of higher education, writing about the financial policies that determine a student's access to education and ability to complete a credential. Twitter https://twitter.com/DaniDougPost