Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Monday, December 03, 2001

http://www.uwiretoday.com/computing113001002.html

U. Virginia prof finds more possible cheating cases
By Sarah Salwen, Cavalier Daily (U. Virginia)
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(U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- University of Virginia physics professor Louis Bloomfield's 149 honor cases have presented a major challenge to the University's Honor Committee over the last eight months, but they could be symptoms of an even more serious epidemic. According to information obtained by The Cavalier Daily from the Honor Committee, Bloomfield's computer program, which checks for matching strings of words in students' papers, could have found 238 more cases of cheating under different standards....

 



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