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The Columbus Dispatch reports.

85 Ohio State veterinary students accused of test cheating

A cheating conspiracy at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has 85 students facing discipline that could range from a warning to dismissal from the college, which was ranked fifth among the nation’s 28 vet schools last year by U.S. News and World Report.

An investigation was launched in February after someone alleged that students had worked out a way to share answers on online take-home tests, according to university officials. There are about 650 students in Ohio State’s four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program.

Officials would not name the courses involved or discuss the discipline in detail, citing federal student-privacy laws, but a written statement noted that penalties for unauthorized collaboration can range from a warning to dismissal and also include receiving a zero on the exam or quiz in question.

The college’s Student Judiciary Committee imposed the punishments, and its rulings were upheld by the college’s Executive Committee. Some of the students are appealing their punishments to the office of the university provost.

When investigators examined data from the tests in question, they looked at where tests were taken and how long it took students to complete them. They also searched for patterns of right and wrong answers.