(CNN) The US Military Academy at West Point is dealing with the fallout from a major cheating incident involving 73 cadets, the largest cheating episode at the elite school since 1976. Seventy-two of the cadets accused of breaking the academy's famed honor code are first-year cadets, referred to as the "plebe year," according to the academy. All of them are accused of cheating on a calculus exam in May, when West Point had shifted to virtual classes due to the coronavirus pandemic. There are about 1,200 students in the first-year class. 'The honor process'The cheating accusations were first reported by USA Today.

Source: CNN December 22, 2020 00:11 UTC