# UVirginia Cheating Scandal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvirginia-cheating-scandal/76365>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 15, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvirginia-cheating-scandal/76365 "2001-08-15T10:56:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![KenP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@KenP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KenP)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvirginia-cheating-scandal/76365/1 "2001-08-15T10:56:11Z")

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Back in May or June, a professor at UVA discovered that about 150 of his students had plagerized their term papers. UVA has an honors code, and this would seem like a clear violation. But, I never heard what action was taken against the cheaters. What happened?

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvirginia-cheating-scandal/76365/2 "2001-08-15T12:54:10Z")

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A few weeks ago I heard that the Honor Council had cleared a few folks and had also recommended that more than a few have their degrees rescinded. Mr. Jefferson is, no doubt, rolling over in his grave.