DURHAM, N.C., May 1 (UPI) -- A Duke University judicial board in Durham, N.C., ruled that 34 first-year business graduate students cheated on a take-home final exam.
The judicial board at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke found that students were given an open book test for a required course in March and instructed to complete the exam individually. However, the board found 34 of the students collaborated on the tests in violation of the school's honor code, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Nine of the students -- none of whom were identified -- are expected to be expelled from the university, while 15 where suspended for one year and given a failing grade for the course. Nine students were given failing grades in the course and one was given a failing grade on the exam. Four others accused in the cheating scandal were cleared of the charges.
All of the students will be allowed to attend classes while appeals are pending, the Times said.
The course and professor in question weren't identified by the school but school officials said the investigation was opened when the instructor noticed similarities in some of the answers given by students on the exam.
