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As Cs50 Expanded, Course Materials Became More Publicly Available
Some CS50 staffers say it may have been easy for students to cheat in the course.
Credit: Class Central
The enormous online popularity of Harvard's Computer Science 50: "Introduction to Computer Science I" made it easy for enrollees to find answers to problem sets on the Internet, potentially facilitating cheating in the course, according to some CS50 staffers.
More than 60 students enrolled in CS50 last semester were accused of academic dishonesty and appeared before the Honor Council, Harvard's administrative body that hears academic dishonesty cases, The Crimson reported last week. The spate of cases represents roughly ten percent of the class's 636 total fall enrollees.
From The Harvard Crimson
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