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In his article, “There Is No Harvard Cheating Scandal: The Students Should Be Celebrated for Collaboration” (February 1, 2013), Farhad Manjoo shares his view about why students should be celebrated for collaboration. Manjoo believes that in today’s world teamwork is very important so, we should encourage students to collaborate in higher education. In this article, Farhad states that Harvard had investigated more than 100 students from a Government 1310: Introduction to Congress class due to some doubts of cheating on the final exam. The exam was a completely open-book, open-internet, and take-home, but the instructor noticed that students had been started to break the rules by sharing notes. Some students, who was accused for cheating were

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