Alternative to Turnitin

In a recent letter to the editor in the Washington Post, Gary Jacobsen suggests that carefully designed assignments render plagiarism detection software unnecessary.

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Julie Ryan challenges Jacobsen's recent letter, and instead suggests that: "The insidious effects of this are a weakening of the ability to think, to consider, to learn and to innovate. The long-term societal implications are sobering."