22-Mar-10 8:45 AM CST
Student Punished for Facebook Group Starts $10-Million Lawsuit
A Ryerson University engineering student punished for his Facebook study group has started a $10-million class-action lawsuit against the Toronto institution
Chris Avenir faced 147 charges of academic misconduct two years ago for his Facebook group, which let engineering students "discuss/post solutions" to homework problems. The course stipulated that students had to conduct independent work. Mr. Avenir faced expulsion, but a faculty committee ruled he should
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Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Student-Punished-for-Facebook/21974/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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