{"id":38200,"date":"2021-04-19T00:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T00:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/19\/51-west-point-cadets-caught-cheating-must-repeat-a-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:19:08","slug":"51-west-point-cadets-caught-cheating-must-repeat-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/04\/19\/51-west-point-cadets-caught-cheating-must-repeat-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"51 West Point cadets caught cheating must repeat a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most of the 73 West Point cadets accused<\/a> in the biggest cheating scandal in decades at the U.S. Military Academy are being required to repeat a year, and eight were expelled, academy officials said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cadets were accused of cheating on an online freshman calculus exam in May while students were studying remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. An investigation was launched after instructors noticed irregularities in answers. All but one were freshmen, or plebes, in a class of 1,200. The other was a sophomore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cadets at the centuries-old officer training academy on the Hudson River are bound by an honor code that they \u201cwill not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.\u201d The cheating scandal is the biggest at West Point since 1976 and preceded the tightening of an academy policy that spared many cadets in this case from being kicked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\t