Interesting Article: Student Faces Expulsion for Running a Facebook Study Group

[PolarBearNPR]

And in the follow up story here it seems he will not be expelled, rather just received a 0 on that assignment which was worth 10% of his grade. Seems the professor had stipulated that the assignments be done individually and that is where the ruckus came from.

Another example of the media getting ahold of something "juicy" and blowing it all out of proportion. Ah well, did make for some thoughtful discussion.

[Jeff]

Thanks for the follow-up! I agree -- the media tends to sensationalize things, but then, that IS what gets people talking, isn't it?

*reps up*

[patndoris]

Nice to see they actually followed up on this though! So many times you never see/know the outcome. And if the prof said independent - then I must agree - sharing tips is cheating.

[PolarBearNPR]

Originally Posted by Jeff

*reps up*

*fans self* Phew - that was a lotta rep, almost got a nosebleed from the quick ascension.

Thank you.

[detn8r]

There was a lot of uproar around here because of this, but it's good to see he wasn't expelled. It's even better he will still pass his course.

[iloveconor.com]

They probably turned in the same answers, so the school wanted to punish someone for it.

But if 146 students are actually discussing chemistry outside of class, then that's probably 146 students more than if their wasn't a FB group.

[Tigerblade]

They probably turned in the same answers, so the school wanted to punish someone for it.

I'd avoid jumping to conclusions like that. I find it hard to believe that 146 people would be dumb enough to all turn in the exact same answers.

I think it's still just a case of people being afraid of non-conventional media being used for something that's been very set in tradition for a long time.