Plagiarism Resource Site - General

Ivys shun plagiarism detection tool

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:04:21 -0400

Bloomberg.com reports that several Ivy League Universities are refusing to subscribe to plagiarism detection resources claiming that, "using software would undermine the trust between teachers and students."

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.

NYC secondary schools adopt turnitin

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:31:55 -0500

A number of public and private secondary schools in the NYC area have subscribed to Turnitin.

'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.)

UNH to trial Turnitin

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:37:49 -0500

The University of New Hamphsire has decided to test Turnitin. "The cost for Turnitin, . . . according to the faculty minutes, is $11,056 for a year and $27,356 for three years."

Turnitin prompts debate @ CMU

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:20:23 -0400

At a panel discussion, Central Michigan "students and staff raised questions . . . about the university investing nearly $15,000 for a new service to help prevent plagiarism."

UMass subscribes to Turnitin

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:22:45 -0400

The University of Massachusetts has decided to subscribe to Turnitin. The subscription will cost $20,000/year. 4,000 schools have subscribed to Turnitin

LexisNexis partners with iParadigms

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:08:28 -0400

"LexisNexis and iParadigms [the creators of Turnitin] teamed up to create a product called CopyGuard to help detect plagiarism and copyright infringement and protect intellectual property."

Iowa encourages faculty to use Turnitin

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:56:16 -0400

The U of Iowa has recently begun to encourage its faculty to use the Turnitin subscription that the university has had for three years.

Plagiarism revisited

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:11:00 -0400

American Journalism Review includes an article on the culture-wide problem of plagiarism.

More plagiarism woes for offshore programs

Mon, 23 May 2005 09:49:00 -0400

According the Sydney Morning Herald, a lecturer at the University of Western Sydney finds herself in an awkward position in plagiarism matter: The lecturer, who teaches at the university's College of Law and Business, said she could not approve student results for the university's commerce course in Hong Kong until the university dealt with plagiarism claims.

Anti-plagiarism measures at Nebraska

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:39:00 -0400

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, has instituted several measures to counter plagiarism among students: including courses on library research and on accidental plagiarism. They will also soon pilot SafeAssignment, the plagiarism detection tool now available through BlackBoard.

Faculty plagiarism on the rise?

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:34:00 -0400

The CS Monitor considers the recent spat of high profile plagiarism cases among faculty: In recent years, students have been heavily prepped on the perils of plagiarism. But it turns out their teachers, in some cases, have been more lax.

Plagiarism thread

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:49:00 -0500

A discussion of plagiarism appears at MetaFilter.