Plagiarism Resource Site - Ethics

HS students question legality of Turnitin

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:48:07 -0400

Students at McLean HS in Fairfax County, VA, question their school's use of Turnitin:

Members of the new Committee for Students' Rights said they do not cheat or condone cheating. But they object to Turnitin's automatically adding their essays to the massive database, calling it an infringement of intellectual property rights.

Wikis and academic honesty

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:46:06 -0400

An article in the UC San Diego Guardian considers students' increasing reliance on wikis to prepare for exams.

Turnitin & copyright

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:24:50 -0400

In an article in Texas Tech's student paper, a law student questions the legality of Turnitin's practice of acquring for free and storing entire student essays.

Irish unis unite to fight plagiarism

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:44:01 -0500

According to the Sunday Times

Academics from seven [Irish] universities will meet to review the current rules and to consider introducing a tougher standardised system to tackle the problem.

WSU to monitor plagiarism offenders

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:43:15 -0500

Weber State University plans to monitor plagiarism cases to identify repeat offenders.

Plagiarism plagues Chinese unis

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:57:45 -0500

According to the Taipei Times

Plagiarism is rampant at Chinese universities as academics are pushed to publish or perish, with their schools often covering up for them, state media said yesterday.

A recent survey of 160 doctorate holders found 60 percent had copied the work of others and the same percentage had paid in order to be published in academic journals, the China Daily reported.

Minority of British uni students plagiarize

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:49:21 -0500

In a poll of 1,022 undergraduates at 119 institutions by The Times Higher Education Supplement, one in six admitted they had copied from friends..

See BBC News for full story. See also News.co.uk.

Plagiarism @ Oxford

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:32:32 -0500

According to the university's senior proctor, "extensive copying of work would undermine the value of an Oxford degree. . . . Writing in Oxford Magazine, an in-house publication, Professor Grafen blamed schools for creating a culture of work 'cobbled together from the internet'."

This story has been widely and variously picked up by the press. See also The Telegraph, Times of India, Guardian.

Mt St Vincent University bans detection software

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:30:12 -0500

The University Senate at MSVU in Nova Scotia has agreed to ban "all plagiarism detection software as of May."

'Does plagiarism matter?'

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:57:39 -0500

Jonathan Wolff muses on plagiarism in The Guardian.

NPR revisits 'Cut and paste plagiarism'

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:18:06 -0500

Talk of the Nation: Every writer, student and scholar is supposed to give credit, where credit's due, but it's easier and easier to steal. The Internet gives everyone access to enormous amounts of material, and reproduction is a lot faster than research. Guests on the program discuss the plague of plagiarism. (Guests: Donald McCabe, John Barrie, Michael Williams.)

MTU to reduce penalty for academic dishonesty

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:03:48 -0500

Michigan Technical University is considering that the punishment for a second offense of academic dishonesty be changed. The director of student judicial affairs, Patricia Gotschalk, has recommended "the minimum punishment to be a grade reduction in the course instead of automatically failing the course. . . . Gotschalk says some professors may be reluctant to report cases of academic dishonesty if they believe the student's punishment will be too harsh."

Increase in cheating @ Oregon attributed to vigilance

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:36:34 -0500

At U of Oregon "reported violations of academic dishonesty have increased 184 percent in the past two years, rising from 57 to 162 incidents." This increase is attributed to a wider participation in "the Student Judicial Affairs process."

Plagiarism won't go away in Australia

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:07:49 -0500

Plagiarism, especially among fee-paying international students, still a problem for Australian universities.

Alternatives to academic dishonesty

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:10:18 -0500

Russell Jacoby considers how the "jargon of choice . . . corrodes academic freedom."