The economics department finished the investigation into possible cheating among its graduate students earlier this week, according to department Chair David Mills. He declined to reveal the outcome of the investigation, citing student privacy.
"We've taken appropriate action," Mills said.
Earlier this month, members of the department discovered what Mills described as "a number" of graduate students may have used an online answer key on homework assignments. To investigate the situation, the department convened a committee composed of director of graduate studies Steven Stern and two other professors in the department.
Mills declined to say whether or not the investigation brought any cases to the Honor Committee.
Honor Chair David Hobbs also declined to comment, citing the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act which prevents releasing information pertaining to a student's academic record.
While the Honor Committee normally releases information pertaining to the details and outcome of a case, Hobbs said that information regarding these potential cases will probably not be made public.
We release information "for the larger schools, like the College of Arts and Sciences and the Engineering school," Hobbs said. "But if it's a small school, like the graduate schools or the Nursing school -- where it's very identifiable -- we'd have to assess whether a student could be identified by us."
Because of the small size of the economics department, Hobbs added that the details of any potential cases would not be publicly available.
Mills said that while the alleged cheating is unfortunate, he is comfortable with the outcome.
"I'm satisfied, although I hope it never happens again," Mills said.
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