Harvard University is in the process of investigating allegations that dozens of their school's undergraduate students cheated on a take-home final exam, announced Aug. 30.

New York Daily News reported that school officials confirmed they found evidence hinting to the fact that students may have shared answers or plagiarized on a final last spring. If found to have cheated, the Harvard College Administrative Board will suspend each student for a year.

An exact number of the students investigated in relation to the case has not been announced by officials, however, it has been confirmed that a minimum of 250 students were in the specific class being investigated and possible cheating may have occurred in roughly half of the exams, according to the publication.

When the exams were graded, the professor noted similar answers in many of the exams, which the professor then brought up with the administration. They then studied the exams during the summer and made the decision to investigate a possible cheating scandal.

The New York Times stated that about 125 students might have worked in groups on the final which was explicitly stated to be done alone. The accusations mentioned in a note that the administration sent out to students included, "academic dishonesty, ranging from inappropriate collaboration to outright plagiarism."

The school's own student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, revealed that the class was for Government 1310: "Introduction to Congress."

Harvard's Dean of Undergraduate Education, Jay M. Harris, said the extent of the case was "unprecedented in anyone's living memory."

"These allegations, if proven, represent totally unacceptable behavior that betrays the trust upon which intellectual inquiry at Harvard depends," said Harvard University President Drew Faust, according to the Harvard Gazette. "We must deal with this fairly and through a deliberative process. At the same time, the scope of the allegations suggests that there is work to be done to ensure that every student at Harvard understands and embraces the values that are fundamental to its community of scholars."