Harvard University in the United States has disciplined dozens of students for cheating in a final exam.
An investigation was launched at the Massachusetts campus of one of the prestigious university after a teaching assistant noticed very similar answers in an undergraduate exam on the US government.
In total 125 students were investigated, and 60 were found to have cheated. They were asked to leave for a period of time; others face probation.
Some of those ensnared in the scandal were members of Harvard sports teams.
Two basketball co-captains have been dropped from the team, while earlier reports in the university newspaper suggested football, baseball and ice hockey players could also have been involved.
An inquiry began when a tutor noticed identical answers to a take-home exam for an undergraduate politics course.
Correspondents say there have been complaints that exam rules for the Introduction to Congress class were unclear, and over the university's handling of the investigation.
In an email to members of the university, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael Smith said the cases had now been resolved.
