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Kansas State U. faculty use software to help detect Internet plagiarism in students' work
Edie Hall, Kansas State Collegian (Kansas State U.)

(U-WIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The Honor Pledge of Kansas State University is implied in every class, regardless if it is specifically stated: "On my honor, as a student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work." K-State faculty are taking additional action beyond the pledge to keep students from cheating. With the Internet at students' fingers, plagiarism of online material is a concern of professors across the country. At K-State professors say cheating is a problem, and they are doing things to control it.... Christine Pelton, a teacher at Piper High School in Kansas City, Kan., who this semester created controversy by failing 28 of her students after she determined they'd plagiarized a project, used one of these Web sites. She used an online program that compares information used in papers with information found in online documents....

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