|
Online Learning News and Research
|
Friday, December 06, 2002
Courses Trap Cheaters With Net - MICHAEL A. MOHAMMED, Harvard Crimson
The technology that has made it easier for students to plagiarize has fallen into the hands of their professors. Computer software has long been used by the computer science department to uncover cheating. But on the heels of a number of plagiarism scandals at universities across the country, now professors in humanities courses such as Government 1790, “American Foreign Policy,” are following suit. In an investigation that ended last Saturday at the University of Virginia (UVA), 45 students were dismissed and three graduates had their degrees rescinded after it was discovered that they had plagiarized on class assignments.
Comments:
Post a Comment
Online Learning News Blog Archives OTEL - Ray's Home Page - Notebook - UIS Online - U of I Online - UIS Home Fair Use |
Online Learning Update 
