Harvard University is going to introduce an “honour code” in which students will promise not to cheat.
It will be the first time the prestigious US university has asked students to make a public commitment not to plagiarise or cheat in their coursework and exams.
In 2012 the university faced its biggest-ever cheating scandal.
The proposals will mean students at Harvard from 2015 agreeing to an “affirmation of integrity”.
“Honour codes” – or “honor codes” in the American spelling – are used by a number of US universities as a way of discouraging students from cheating in exams or submitting material that has been copied from the internet.