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Actions Do Speak Louder than Words:
Deterring Plagiarism with the Use of Plagiarism- Detection Software
http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/PSDec01BraumoellerGaines.pdf
In the spring semester of 2000, Bear Braumoeller, an assistant professor of
government at Harvard University and Brian Gaines, an associate professor of
political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) began
their plagiarism study involving UIUC students taking Political Science 100:
Introduction to Political Science. This report details Braumoeller and Gaines'
experience with the Essay Verification Engine, EVE, which they used to detect
instances of plagiarism among the 180 students studied.
Anti-Plagiarism Experts Raise
Questions about Services with Links to Sites Selling Papers
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/03/2002031201t.htm
Jeffrey R. Young addresses the issue of plagiarism detection services, like
PlagiServe and EduTie.com having business connections to term paper sites that
sell papers to students.
The background article, also by Young entitled "The Cat and Mouse Game of Plagiarism Detection", can be found at http://chronicle.com/weekly/v47/i43/43a02601.htm (must be subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher Education to access).
Anthropologist at German University
Resigns Amid Allegations that He Falsified Data (must be subscribed to the
Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/02/2005022502n.htm
An investigation conducted by the University of Frankfurt (German) found that
one of its anthropology professors "falsified data, plagiarized the work
of his peers, and attempted to sell ape skulls belonging to the university."
Reiner Protsch von Zieten's resignation went into effect at the beginning of
February, weeks before the university's commission announced its findings. This
February 25, 2005 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education examine
the events that sparked the investigation, reaction from colleagues, and other
actions that may be taken against Protsch von Zieten.
Are More People Cheating?
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20F1FFF3E580C778CDDA90994DB404482
Recent controversies, such as the looting accusations against the former chairman
of Tyco and the Stephen Ambrose plagiarism case, have many thinking that people
are more dishonest than in the past. Historians and ethicists say that this
may not actually be the case. This article from the October 4, 2003 edition
of The New York Times takes a look at a new book by David Callahan titled,
"The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead"
(Harcourt, 2004), and explores explanations as to why unethical behavior appears
to be on the rampage.
British Student Says University
was Negligent for Not Stopping His Plagiarism (must be subscribed to The
Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/06/2004060404n.htm
Michael Gunn, an English major at a British university, admits that he plagiarized
throughout his academic career. In a few weeks, Gunn is scheduled to complete
his degree, but the university is threatening to rescind his grades and withhold
his diploma. Gunn states that he did not know that his "cut and paste"
techniques were a problem, and he is suing the university for negligence. The
university's response and additional information about this situation can be
found in a Chronicle of Higher Education article published on June 4,
2004.
Busting the New Breed of Plagiarist
http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/writers/mbugeja01.htm
Michael Bugeja, special assistant to the President at Ohio University and creator
of Your Path, a character development program, originally published in the September
2000 issue of The Writer's Chronicle. Bugeja believes that some students who
commit acts of online plagiarism have very predictable patterns of cheating.
He offers 5 strategies to help instructors catch plagiarism.
The Campaign Against Plagiarism:
Academic Initiatives
http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/lirtnews/2002/march02.pdf
(p. 12)
Recent plagiarism cases involving well-known individuals such as Doris Kearns
Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose have pointed the spotlight on this issue that continues
to plague those in higher education. Vibiana Bowman, a reference librarian at
Rutgers University explores this issue in her article that appears in the March
2002 issue of LIRT News. In it, she discusses projects at Rutgers and
other academic institutions that are working to combat cases of plagiarism.
Plagiarism detection software packages used by many institutions are also presented.
A Campus Fad That's Being Copied
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F10F9395C0C708CDDA00894DB404482
A recent study of 23 institutions across the U.S. has found that more and more
students are plagiarizing from Internet sources. Rutgers University management
professor, Donald L. McCabe, organized the survey that included large public
universities and small private colleges. Thirty-eight percent of undergraduates
stated that they participated in some form of Internet plagiarism in the past
year, and almost half of the students did not consider this activity to be cheating.
This September 3, 2003 article from The New York Times outlines the survey's
results and discusses steps being taken to prevent and discourage future academic
integrity violations of this nature.
Canada's Simon Fraser U. Suspends
44 Students in Plagiarism Scandal (must
be subscribed to The Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/10/2002102404n.htm
Forty-four students at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia who were
involved in a plagiarism "scheme" were suspended after nearly a year
long investigation into allegations of academic dishonesty. Students at the
University who purchased custom designed projects for an economics assignment
were also uncovered during the investigation and received failing grades for
the course.
Can Tech Detect College Cheaters?
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-876788.html
Many privately held plagiarism software companies, like WordCheck Systems, report
that business has been very good for them lately. Margaret Kane discusses the
methods used by some of these plagiarism detection services and ways students
are able to get around them. One question raised in this article is whether
we live in a culture that promotes a cheating mentality.
Combating Plagiarism
http://library.cqpress.com/images/cqres/pdfs/color/cqr20030919C.pdf
The September 19, 2003 issue of CQ Researcher takes a look at plagiarism,
and asks the question, "Is the Internet causing more students to copy?"
Key issues surrounding plagiarism, such as copyright, plagiarism-detection services,
and other prevention devices are discussed. Cases of misconduct, including the
Jayson Blair incident at The New York Times, are also addressed. Organizations
to contact for more information, plus additional resources are also provided.
One nice feature of this article is the sample bibliography section, which provides
examples for APA, MLA and Chicago citation styles.
Copycats Have High-Tech Foe:
Software Can Spot Plagiarism
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/01/29/DD80192.DTL
Historians were the first group to use software detection devices to catch cases
of plagiarism. This article from the January 29, 2002 issue of the San Francisco
Chronicle discusses how people were less than enthusiastic about these tools
in 1991, but they are now used extensively. Descriptions of some of the recent
detection devices are also provided.
Dealing with Plagiarists
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2002/05/2002051401c.htm
What would you do if you discovered one of your students plagiarized a paper?
Would you
James M. Lang, an assistant professor of English at Assumption College (Worchester, MA) discusses these and what he determined to be the best solution in his situation: none of the above.
Download. Steal. Copy. Cheating
at the University
http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/11/27/3c03502bad345?in_archive=1
Students are looking more and more to online research paper site as a way of
producing a term paper for class. This article that appeared in the November
21, 2001 issue of the Daily Pennsylvanian discusses this trend among
high school and college students and steps taken to combat this issue.
E-Cheating--Combating a 21st Century
Challenge
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/15675
When Kim McMurty started teaching college English a few years ago, she never
envisioned her students using the Internet to help them cheat in her class.
McMurty takes a look at the frequency of plagiarism as well as ways students
use the Internet to cheat. She also provides eight suggestions to instructors
on how to combat e-cheating in their classes.
Edward Waters College Loses Accreditation
Following Plagiarism Scandal (must be subscribed to the Chronicle of
Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/12/2004120904n.htm
This week, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools revoked Edward Waters
College's accreditation after an investigation of plagiarism allegations. The
Florida Times-Union recently disclosed that Edward Waters plagiarized
a document that was sent to the institution's accrediting agency, and these
charges led to an investigation into the matter. It appears that sections of
and statistics included in the document were taken from a report produced by
Alabama A & M. What this may mean to the students at Edward Waters and steps
that will be taken to rectify this situation are discussed in this December
9, 2004 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Emory U. Announces that Michael
Bellesiles will Take a Paid Leave (must be subscribed to The Chronicle
of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/08/2002082302n.htm
Michael Bellesiles, a history professor at Emory University, has been accused
of research misconduct in preparing his controversial book "Arming America:
The Origins of a National Gun Culture" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2000). Critics
predict that Bellesiles will not return to teach at Emory.
Update: Bellesiles Resigns From Emory After University Report Questions His Research for Book on Guns (must be subscribed to The Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/10/2002102801n.htm
On Friday, October 25, 2002, Michael Bellesiles, history professor at Emory University resigned from his position. It will become effective at the end of December. His resignation coincided with the release of Emory's investigation report into the Bellesiles controversy. Findings documented in the report state that Bellesiles' "carelessness in the gathering and presentation of archival records" raised questions about his "scholarly integrity".
For more information about the Bellesiles controversy, go to http://www.web-miner.com/historyethics.htm#bellesiles.
Fall From Grace (must be subscribed
to The Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i30/30a01001.htm
Life was good for Quincy Troupe. He had published 13 books, won two American
Book Awards, was chosen to be poet laureate of California and Troupe was one
of the best-paid humanities professors at the University of California at San
DIego. Troupe's world came crashing down when a routine background check uncovered
a lie about his academic credentials. Reactions to this news and the message
about academic integrity issues such as plagiarism and faking academic credentials
are discussed in this article from the April 4, 2003 issue of The Chronicle
of Higher Education.
Fending Off a Plagiarist
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2004/07/2004070201c.htm
Kim Lanegran, an assistant professor of political science, discovered that her
good deed resulted in a situation that "nearly defeated" her. Kim
shared her dissertation with a student who was doing research in a similar area.
Three years after she defended her dissertation, Kim discovered that this student
not only plagiarized passages from her work, but submitted a document that was
basically her dissertation. Kim discusses her experience in this article from
the July 2, 2004 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Four Reasons to Be Happy about
Internet Plagiarism
http://www.stu.ca/%7Ehunt/4reasons.htm
Russell Hunt, a Professor of English at St. Thomas University, suggests that
plagiarism that has become easier due to the increase in use by students of
high tech information resources need not be seen as a "disaster" but
rather as something to be welcomed. Hunt outlines four practices that will be
threatened by this type of academic integrity violation. This article, which
was published in the December 2002 issue of Teaching Perspectives, is
merely an excerpt from a longer article by Hunt entitled, "In Praise of
Plagiarism" and can be found in draft form at http://www.stu.ca/%7Ehunt/plagiary.htm.
A Generation of Cheaters
http://www.asbj.com/199904/0499coverstory.html
There are a growing number of students desperate for better grades who think
cheating is not a big deal. Some believe that it's not the cheating that's alarming,
even though that is becoming more and more of an issue, but the attitudes of
students today about cheating. This cover story article discusses the growing
problem of cheating in higher education, and the lack of guilt by students who
believe cheating is merely a survival tactic in an increasingly competitive
world.
Got Cheaters? Ask New Questions
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,54996,00.html
This brief article by Dustin Goot that appeared in the September 10, 2002 issue
of Wired is about James McKenzie who claims that students are not completely
to blame for the increase in plagiarism. McKenzie states that instructors need
to differentiate between trivial and meaningful research assignments in their
classes. Links to other Wired articles on plagiarism are also presented
at this site.
Harvard U. Reportedly Revokes
Acceptance of Teen Who Admitted Plagiarism (must be subscribed to The
Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003071406n.htm
Blair Hornstine, the New Jersey teen who sued her school district to become
the sole valedictorian of her high school class, will not be joining the freshman
class at Harvard this fall. Hornstine learned she lost her place at Harvard
after she admitted to plagiarizing several sources for guest columns she wrote
for a local newspaper. Harvard's student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson,
broke the story on Friday, July 11, 2003, and Harvard officials have declined
to comment on the story. Details about Hornstine's actions are presented in
this article from the July 14, 2003 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Head of Indian University Quits
After Panel Finds He Plagiarized Stanford Professor's Work (must be subscribed
to The Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/02/2003021006n.htm
Balwant Singh Rajput, head of Kumaun University in Indian, resigned after an
investigation committee found him guilty of "word by word" plagiarism.
The panel found that large sections of an article by Rajput and his research
associates were taken from a paper written by Renata Kallosh, a particle physicist
at Stanford University. This article from the February 10, 2003 issue of The
Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the investigation's findings and
Rajput's claims of innocence.
Historical Association Will No
Longer Investigate Allegations of Wrongdoing (must
be subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/05/2003050702n.htm
Several high profile plagiarism and scholarly misconduct allegations have plagued
the field of history in recent times, but the American Historical Association
(AHA) believes that the focus should be on more important issues like education.
The AHA announced that the organization will no longer investigate any acts
of possible misconduct by historians due to limited resources and lack of power
to impose sanctions. Reactions to this decision plus ethics policies in place
in other professional organizations are addressed in this article from the May
7, 2003 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
UPDATE (1/10/05): The annual conference of the American Historical Association was held in Seattle over the weekend. It may not have been noted on the conference program, but one issue on the minds of many conference attendees was the association's position on academic integrity violations. Conference details and a brief discussion about this issue can be found in "Archives, Outreach, and Ethics Dominate the Agenda at Historians' Annual Meeting." The full text of the article can be accessed in the January 10, 2005 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education at http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/01/2005011008n.htm. (must be subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
How to Handle Cyber-Sloth in Academe
http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i17/17b01401.htm
Early in his career, Andrew Carnie, an assistant professor of linguistics at
the University of Arizona and moderator of the e-list called Linguist List (http://www.linguistlist.org),
would receive questions from students in need of information for assignments.
Initially, he would answer these requests, but now he realizes that high school
students and undergrads suffer from a laziness condition called "cyber-sloth".
I Have a Question: Is It Web
Research or Technology Assisted Plagiarism?
http://www.scu.edu/scm/fall2004/research.cfm
Have you ever encountered the following homework assignment pasted into e-mail?
"I have a question…and my paper is due tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m."
Miriam Schulman, the communications director for the Markkula Center for Applied
Ethics at Santa Clara University, has, and this paper discusses some of her
experiences with the "Net Generation." Schulman examines whether actions
taken by students actually constitute plagiarism, or whether their technology
background simply leads them to believe that the world's experts are at their
fingertips. Topics, such as passive learning and grazing for information are
also examined in this article that appears in the fall 2004 Santa Clara Magazine.
Institutionalized Plagiarism
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2004/aug/opinion_040802.html
Silence is golden...at least it seems that way in many academic institutions.
Allegations of misconduct have been on the rise, and it appears that a "code
of silence" may be enabling researchers to plagiarize materials. This article
from the August 2, 2004 issue of the Scientist discusses this problem
and examines some of the contributing factors.
The Internet Gives College Cheaters
a High-Tech Edge
http://www.sltrib.com/2002/Nov/11182002/utah/17842.htm
Surveys show that academic dishonesty on college campuses is on the rise. The
November 18, 2002 article from the Salt Lake Tribune discusses why this
is a growing phenomenon and how teachers are fighting back.
Internet Plagiarism--We All Pay
the Price (must be subscribed to The Chronicle of Higher Education
to access)
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v47/i44/44b00501.htm
Ellen Laird, an English instructor at Hudson Valley Community College, discusses
the consequences surrounding an incident involving one of her "A"
students. The student turned in an essay that Laird thought was even a bit more
advanced than his usual work. After doing a bit of searching on the Web, this
instructor stumbles upon the same paper at a term paper site.
Is Honor Up for Grabs? Education
Isn't About Surveillance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A80312-2001May26?language=printer
Robert Boynton, who teaches magazine journalism at New York University, wrote
this Washington Post.com article that discusses the plagiarism case at
the University of Virginia and examines whether or not an honor code deters
cheating.
Jane Eyre, To Go
http://archive.salon.com/it/career/1998/11/13career.html
When Victoria Olsen went online in search of "term papers" that her
students could find to fulfill an assignment in her Victorian Literature class
at Stanford, her searches yielded nothing that was applicable to particular
assignment she designed. However, she did find plenty of papers about Jane Eyre
that discussed everything from nature to "Jane-as-feminist". Victoria
discusses her online "adventure" and the changes that have taken place
since the first term paper company (SchoolSucks.com) came on the scene in 1996.
Keeping Kids Honest in the Information
Age: Dealing with Cyber-Plagiarism
http://www.rmcdenver.com/starcenter/plagiarism.htm
Lorraine Sherry, a Senior Research Associate at RMC Research Corporation (Denver,
CO) put together this article as part of her work with the STAR Center (Support
for Texas Academic Renewal). Sherry discusses some reasons why students use
the Internet to "cut and paste" information to complete assignments.
She also presents data about term paper providers and other sites that "encourage"
plagiarism. Tips on how to teach about plagiarism, detection strategies and
methods to help prevent plagiarism are also covered.
Magazine's Essay on Plagiarism
Seems to Have Been Partly Plagiarized (must be subscribed to The Chronicle
of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/05/2003052801t.htm
Michael Heberling, president of Baker College's Center for Graduate Studies,
ironically found some very familiar passages in an article titled, "Probing
for Plagiarism in the Virtual Classroom" (http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=7627)
that appeared on May 1. 2003 in Syllabus magazine. In the spring of 2002,
Heberling published the article, "Maintaining Academic Integrity in Online
Education" (http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/spring51/heberling51.html)
in the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, and he found
that several passages from his article appeared almost word-for-word without
proper attribution in the Syllabus piece. Heberling's reaction and Syllabus'
response are included in this May 28, 2003 article from The Chronicle of
Higher Education.
Many on Campus Disdain Historian's
Practice
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70B1FF93E5C0C768DDDA80894DA404482
This article by Diana Jean Schemo was originally published in the January 15,
2002 issue of The New York Times and discusses the debates on many college
campuses that followed the Stephen Ambrose plagiarism scandal. Some professors
indicated that Ambrose's books would no longer have a place on their syllabi,
while others stated they would continue to use his works.
Brian Martin
Medical Journal Retracts Article
After Learning of Forged Signatures (must be subscribed to The Chronicle
of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/02/2003021202n.htm
An incident of forgery on an article published in the October edition of The
New England Journal of Medicine has caused the publication to retract the
article. Editors were unaware of the problem until the article was published
and one of the individuals whose signature was forged came forward. It was later
learned that other signatures had been forged, and this article from the February
12, 2003 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the reaction
to this problem and what steps may be taken to prevent it in the future.
Mending Misconduct
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20031105/05/
On Thursday, October 30, 2003, the Department of Health and Human Services'
Office of Research Integrity (ORI) announced a disciplinary ruling against Ilya
Koltover, a researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
at Northwestern University. According to claims made by ORI, Koltover plagiarized
and falsified research proposal data. This article from the November 5, 2003
edition of The Scientist discusses Koltover's acts of misconduct, ORI's
ruling, and Northwestern's response to the allegations against Koltover.
Mentor vs. Protege
http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i17/17a01401.htm
This Chronicle of Higher Education special report from December 17,
2004 takes a look at the issue of plagiarism. We often hear about students who
submit plagiarized work, but it isn't often that the opposite is brought to
light. One article in this report, "Mentor vs. Protege" examines cases
that involve professors who plagiarize their students' work, and investigates
the fallout that my occur when students fight back. Links to articles related
to this topic, such as (1) The Price of Plagiarism; (2) How Long a Shadow Should
Plagiarism Cast; and (3) Choose Caution in Responding to Accusations of Plagiarism
are included. An online discussion is also accessible.
Naval Academy Investigates Plagiarism
Allegation Against Historian (must be subscribed to The Chronicle of
Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/06/2003060202n.htm
Brian VanDeMark, a history professor at the United States Naval Academy, published
a book titled Pandora's Keeper: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb, and now
there are allegations that sections of the book may have been plagiarized. An
article that appeared in the May 31, 2003 edition of The New York Times
(http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E17F73C540C728FDDAC0894DB404482)
indicates that VanDeMark's book contains "more than 30 uncredited passages
that are identical or nearly identical" to those found in other publications.
VanDeMark's response and information about the academy's investigation are outlined
in this June 2, 2003 article from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Update: Professor Brian VanDeMark
was demoted and his salary in response to an investigation that revealed he
plagiarized material included in his book, Pandora's Keepers: Nine Men and the
Atomic Bomb. The U.S. Naval Academy announced their decision on Tuesday, October
28, 2003, and details about this case are provided in this Chronicle of Higher
Education article from the October 29, 2003 issue at http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/10/2003102902n.htm.
(must be subscribed to The Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes
to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age
http://www.fno.org/may98/cov98may.html
Jamie McKenzie, editor of the Webzine From Now On: The Educational Technology
Journal, offers 7 "antidotes" designed to stop the increasing
trend of what McKenzie calls the "new plagiarism" before it becomes
an academic epidemic.
New Software Detects Plagiarized
Passages
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-04-06-revealing-copycats_x.htm
Plagiarism detection software is not just for academia anymore. Due to the number
of scandals that have recently come to the surface, such as the ones involving
Jayson Blair (New York Times), Jack Kelley (USA Today), and Richard
Judd (Harford Courant), commercial entities are seeking help from plagiarism
detection software companies, like iParadigm. Details about the growth of these
software companies, and additional information about the clients they serve,
can be found in this April 6, 2004 article from USA Today.
Newspaper Details Allegations
of Academic Fraud and Payoff in Fresno State Basketball Program (must be
subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/02/2003021105n.htm
A report published in the Sunday edition of the newspaper, the Fresno Bee,
indicates that Russ Mintz, a statistician for the California State University
at Fresno's basketball team, was paid to write papers for team basketball players.
This February 11, 2003 Chronicle of Higher Education article outlines
the allegations and discusses the investigation.
The article that appeared in the Fresno Bee, entitled "Bulldog Academic Fraud Alleged", can be found at http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/6144847p-7096298c.html.
Oklahoma State U. Bars Plagiarist
Professor from the Classroom (must be subscribed to the Chronicle of
Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/02/2005022503n.htm
This month, a geography professor at the University of Oklahoma at Stillwater
was informed he would no longer be allowed in the classroom and would be stripped
of his title as "regents" professor. The university conducted an investigation
against George O. Carney and found he "plagiarized numerous times over
his long career." The option to appeal this ruling and future plans for
Carney are discussed in this February 25, 2005 article from the Chronicle
of Higher Education.
Peking U. Dismisses Professor
Accused of Plagiarism (must be subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher
Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/08/2004081102n.htm
Chinese government officials and university administrators are starting to take
a stand against plagiarism. Evidence of this change in position can be seen
in the case of Huang Zongying. Zongying, who was an associate professor of English
at Peking University, was fired after a Chinese graduate student brought the
misconduct to light. Additional information about the allegations can be found
in this August 11, 2004 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Physicist in India Accused of
Plagiarism (must be subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher Education
to access)
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i09/09a04401.htm
A Web site at http://www.geocities.com/physics_plagiarism/
accuses Balwant Singh Rajput, the Vice Chancellor of Kumaun University (India)
of plagiarizing research by foreign authors. Scientists charge that Rajput has
co-written four papers whose contents have been taken directly from international
journals. The Web site posts a side-by-side comparison of Rajput's paper with
one written by Stanford physicist, Renata Kallosh for comparison of certain
passages believed to be plagiarized. Rajput denies the allegations.
An update on this investigation can be found in a February 10, 2003 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, and can be accessed at http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/02/2003021006n.htm.
Plagiarism: A Lie of the Mind
(must be subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher Education
to access)
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i34/34b01201.htm
Maurice Isserman, professor of history at Hamilton College and faculty coordinator
of the college's writing center, discusses a plagiarism case that hit much harder
than allegations against Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin. This article
from the May 2, 2003 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education details
the resignation of Hamilton College president, Eugene Tobin, and examines various
aspects of plagiarism.
Plagiarism By Design? MIT Press
Seeks Recompense from McGraw-Hill for Copying in Book (must be subscribed
to the Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004091403n.htm
Portions of Meredith L. Clausen's book, Pietro Belluschi: Modern American
Architect, found their way into Roger Shepherd's book, Structures of
Our Time: Thirty-one Buildings That Changed Modern Life. Clausen's work
appeared without attribution, and Shepherd acknowledges that there are reasons
but not excuses for their inclusion. Other problems with Shepherd's book, plus
reactions from the publishers of both works are discussed in this article from
the September 14, 2004 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
UPDATE (9/20/04): Additional information can be found in a September 20, 2004 Chronicle of Higher Education article titled, "Arts Professor at New School U. Resigns after Admitting Plagiarism." It can be accessed at http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004092005n.htm.
UPDATE (11/21/04): The professor who admitted to plagiarism a couple of months ago want his old job back, and he's willing to sue his former institution to do so. Initial reports from the school indicated that Roger Shepherd resigned, but that may not be the case. More information about this incident can be found in the November 17, 2004 article, "Professor Who Acknowledged Plagiarism Accuses New School U. of Firing Him Unfairly," published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. This article is available at http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/11/2004111702n.htm.
Plagiarism Case Bedevils Kansas
School - March 19, 2002
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/03/19/plagiarism.dispute.ap/index.html
Christine Pelton, a biology teacher at Pelton High School, gave zeros to a group
of twenty-eight students who cheated on an assignment for her class. This CNN
article discusses what happened after the school board overturned Pelton's decision.
A Plagiarism Detection Tool Creates
Legal Quandary
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i36/36a03701.htm
Andrea Foster discusses in this May 17, 2002 Chronicle of Higher Education
article whether some plagiarism detection services are violating students' legal
rights. One service of particular concern is Turnitin (http://www.turnitin.com).
Part of the controversies surrounds the fact that Turnitin keeps papers submitted
by professors in order to increase the size of their database. Many other detection
services merely run papers through a computer program that checks for copied
materials off the Internet.
Plagiarism in Dylan, or a Cultural
Collage
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F15FD35590C718DDDAE0894DB404482
Questions have surfaced as to whether or not singer/songwriter Bob Dylan borrowed
passages from Dr. Junichi Saga's book titled, "Confessions of a Yakuza"
without proper attribution. Sentences from the book are similar to lines from
songs on Dylan's 2001 album, "Love and Theft." Some say Dylan has
always written songs that have been "information collages", while
others believe that this is just another case of plagiarism. Issues surrounding
these allegations, the Internet's role in the rapid dispersion of materials,
and Dr. Saga's reaction are discussed in this article form the July 12, 2003
issue of The New York Times. Complete lyrics to Dylan's songs can are
available at www.bobdylan.com.
Plagiarism in Higher Education:
Is There a Remedy?
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2003/oct/opinion_031020.html
Recent reports about plagiarism indicate that it is on the rise, and students
are admitting to ethical violations such as cutting and pasting from the Internet
and purchasing papers from term paper mills. Certain disciplines, like those
in science and medicine report more incidents of plagiarism than those in the
social sciences. This article from the October 20, 2003 issue of The Scientist
examines the issue of academic integrity, and outlines steps that can be taken
to reduce the incident of plagiarism in higher education.
Plagiarism in Paleontology
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20040922/02/
Julio Aguirre, the University of Granada, was reviewing a paper by Mostafa Mansour
Imam, when he noticed a disturbing pattern. Aguirre states that Iman has "repeatedly
been plagiarizing pictures of diverse organisms previously published by other
authors." This article from the September 22, 2004 issue of the Scientist
examines the allegations and discusses the reactions to this case.
UPDATE (10/8/04): According
to a colleague, Mostafa Imam died of a fatal heart attack earlier this week.
Imam, a Saudi Arabia-based researcher, was recently accused of plagiarizing
photographs that appeared in articles he published in micropaleontology articles.
More information about the recent allegations against Imam, and the response
to Imam's death can be found in "Fallout from Fraud," which was published
in the October 8, 2004 issue of the Scientist. It can be accessed at
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20041008/03/.
Plagiarism in the News
http://www.bridgewater.edu/WritingCenter/Workshops/PlagiarismCases.htm
The Bridgewater College (VA) Online Writing Lab has designed this site to help
foster discussions on the ethical use of sources by writers. Numerous articles
on plagiarism issues, including the Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose
scandals, have been compiled and posted at this site by Lab staff.
Plagiarism, Norms, and the Limits
of Theft Law: Some Observations on the Use of Criminal Sanctions in Enforcing
Intellectual Property Rights
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=315562
Stuart P. Green, Professor of Law at Louisiana State University, examines why
laws designed to deter intellectual property crimes, such as plagiarism, do
not seem to be very effective or binding. This 76-page article, published in
the Hastings Law Journal (Vol. 54, No. 1, 2002), explores a plethora
of topics including the history of plagiarism, the psychology of plagiarism,
and the harms caused by plagiarism. NOTE: The URL noted above is for an abstract
of the article, but links to the full text are included near the bottom of that
page.
Playing Dirty in the War on Plagiarism
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2002/08/2002081501c.htm
Plagiarism is a growing problem on today's college campuses. Many think technology
is at least partially to blame for this concerning trend. Of even bigger concern,
however, is whether students even know that acts of plagiarism are wrong. Vincent
Moore, an assistant professor at Tiffin University, discusses this issue in
the context of his experiences in dealing or not dealing with plagiarism.
Probing for Plagiarism in the
Virtual Classroom
http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=7627
Colleges moving into the realm of distance education are making it easier for
students to learn any time, any place and anywhere. Are these new virtual classrooms
also making it easier for students to cheat? Lindsey S. Hamlin, a graduate research
associate and William T. Ryan, a DBA, both at Florida Atlantic University discuss
virtual cheating versus tradition misconduct affecting institutions of higher
education. The authors also examine ways instructors can detect & deter
cheating in their classrooms plus they provide a list of selected anti-plagiarism
sites. This article originally appeared in the May 1, 2003 issue of Syllabus.
Note: Go to http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/05/2003052801t.htm
for an update about this article.
Professor Accused of Plagiarism
Gets to Keep Her Job (must be subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher Education
to access)
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i36/36a01401.htm
Mary A. Zey, an ag economics professor at Texas A & M, College Station,
was charged by university official with committing "flagrant and serious
scientific misconduct". She denies the allegations, and the university
has decided to give her a second chance and not fire her. Now, Zey wants her
reputation restored, and lawsuits may be filed in future months.
Prominent Physicist Fired for
Faking Data
http://www.drproctor.com/os/latimesschon.htm
Jan Hendrick Schon, a scientist with expertise in superconductivity
and molecular scale electronics, was fired from Bell Labs for falsifying data
over a 4 year period. A panel appointed by Bell Labs found Schon misrepresented
data results 16 times. Some of the data had been published in journals such
as Science
and Nature.
This September 26, 2002 article also briefly discusses the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory case involving Victor Ninov and his claims to have discovered
the 118th element.
Rebecca Moore Howard--Articles
http://wrt-howard.syr.edu/articles.html
Rebecca Moore Howard, Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric and Writing
Program Director at Syracuse University, is one of the most well-known researchers
in the area of composition and plagiarism. This site provides access to a number
of Howard's articles on the topic of plagiarism.
Students Plagiarize Less than
Many Think, a New Study Finds
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002020101t.htm
A new study published in the May/June 2002 issue of the Journal of College
Student Development finds that incidents of online plagiarism are as rampant
as one would believe. Two professors at the Rochester Institute of Technology
found that students believe that more plagiarism is occurring than they report
actually doing. In fact, the professors found that reported cases of online
plagiarism are comparable to studies done years ago on paper and book plagiarism.
Students Using the Net to Cheat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/3265143.stm
Students using the Internet to plagiarize is not unique to the U.S. Universities
in the U.K. are also finding that an increasing number of students are participating
in this "cut and paste" culture, and some are finding that it is becoming
very difficult to detect. This BBC News article from November 13, 2003
examines possible reasons why plagiarism is so popular with today's students,
and discusses steps some institutions are taking in an attempt to prevent and
deter future academic integrity violations.
Survey: Many Students Say Cheating's
OK
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/04/05/highschool.cheating/index.html
A survey done by Rutgers' Management Education Center found that "of 4,500
high school students, 75% of them engage in serious cheating". Many of
these students do not consider these acts of plagiarism to be wrong. This CNN
article takes a look at this student and things that are being done to reverse
this situation.
Term Paper Mills, Anti-Plagiarism
Tools, and Academic Integrity
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0153.pdf
In light of the University of Virginia plagiarism scandal, cheating and academic
integrity issues have coming into the forefront. Mark Groark, Diana Oblinger
and Miranda Choa take a look at terms paper sites, academic integrity policies,
tools to insure academic integrity, and they discuss what all these things mean
for institutions.
Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves
Long Trail of Deception
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0910FA395B0C728DDDAC0894DB404482
Jayson Blair, a staff reporter for The New York Times, resigned after numerous
instances of fabrication, plagiarism and journalism fraud were uncovered. Blair,
a prolific writer who had been at the paper for four years, resigned on May
1, 2003 after errors were found in several of his articles and professional
misconduct allegations were varified. Details of how Blair was able to commit
this type of fraud plus what is being done with the on-going investigation are
presented in this article from the May 11, 2003 issue of The New York Times.
Theology Professor Plagiarized
Passages in His Book on Ethics, Professional Group Finds (must be subscribed
to the Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/01/2005010703n.htm
On Thursday, January 6, 2005, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society reported in
the Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/01/06/bc_professor_recycled_ideas_society_finds/)
that a book by a Boston College theology professor "contained some passages
that excessively paraphrased or borrowed ideas" from Psychoanalysis
and Ethics by Ernest Wallwork, an ethics professor at Syracuse University.
The group conducted a yearlong investigation, and concluded that The Ethical
Dimension of Psychoanalysis: A Dialogue by the Rev. William W. Meissner
included plagiarized passages. A discussion about the investigation and reactions
to the announcement are available in the January 7, 2005 issue of the Chronicle
of Higher Education.
Thin Line Splits Cheating, Smarts
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,54963,00.html
Google Answers, a questions & answer service provided by 500 freelance researchers
often struggle with the fine line between appropriate and inappropriate uses
of the Internet. This September 10, 2002 Wired article discusses the
difficulties surrounding issues involving plagiarism and how even teachers and
student often disagree on what constitutes cheating.
Tony-nominated Playwright Accused
of Plagiarism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3693538.stm
The play "Frozen" by Bryony Lavery has earned a Tony nomination for
best play of the year, but Lavery's words may not be his own. In 1997, Malcolm
Gladwell of the New Yorker wrote a piece on Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis and her
book Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Lewis and Gladwell state that a number of
passages in "Frozen" are taken directly from the New Yorker article
and Lewis' book. Additional details about the accusations can be found in this
September 27, 2004 article that appears on BBC News.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Recent Updates
University President Accused of
Plagiarism
http://www.studentaffairslink.com/newswire1.asp?a=2&issue=sa3192004&v=79
Richard Judd, the president of Central Connecticut State University (CCSU),
has been accused of plagiarizing an op-ed piece that appeared in the Hartford
Current on February 26, 2004. A reader noticed that the article was very
similar to other works on the same topic, and reported this finding to the newspaper's
editors. Details about the works used by Judd and actions taken by the CCSU
Board of Trustees are discussed in this article.
Additional information about these allegations can be found in an article published in the March 10, 2004 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education at http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/03/2004031005n.htm.
UPDATE (3/22/04): Richard
Judd announced on Friday, March 19, 2004 that he plans to retire on July 1,
2004. A meeting was scheduled for Friday afternoon by the Board of Trustees'
executive committee to discuss the plagiarism allegations against Judd but was
deemed unnecessary after Judd's announcement. Additional details about this
case are outlined in an article from the March 22, 2004 edition of the Chronicle
of Higher Education, and can be accessed at http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/03/2004032202n.htm.
Up to 14% of Australian University
Students May Be Plagiarizing from Web, Study Suggests
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/11/2002112001t.htm
A study, commissioned by six Australian universities, determined that up to
14% of Australian students copied material from the Web for their class assignments.
CAVAL, Cooperative Action among Victorian Academic Libraries, used Turnitin.com
to analyze 1,925 essays from different students, and this November 20, 2002
article from The Chronicle of Higher Education details the study and
its findings.
The Web's Plagiarism Police
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/06/14/plagiarism/print.html
Andy Dehnart researched this piece for Salon by running his 30-page senior thesis
through a plagiarism testing service. After his paper had been analyzed, he
discovered that he was a plagiarist. He took time to investigate the charges
made by this service and discovered that an error had been made. Dehnart examines
plagiarism detection tools, and points out that they are not going to solve
all plagiarism issues.
What is Plagiarism?
http://hnn.us/articles/514.html
The History News Network staff has posted three different definitions of plagiarism
provided by the American Historical Association, Modern Language Association
and the American Psychological Association.
Where Cheaters Often Prosper
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,54571,00.html
Even in the aftermath of the dot.com bust, online term paper sites continue
to prosper, and they show no signs of slowing down. This August 26, 2002 Wired
article discusses the success of term paper sites and how many of the visitors
to these sites are teachers. One interesting note is that some of the teachers
visiting these term paper sites are submitting resumes to be freelance term
paper writers.
With Cheating on the Rise, More
Colleges are Turning to Honor Codes (registration to the New York Times
is required)
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40910FB3D5A0C718CDDA80994DA404482
In an attempt to deter cheating, some
colleges have resorted to Web search engines and detection software devices
to catch students who plagiarize class assignments. Other institutions, however,
have gone one step farther and have started looking at their university's honor
code. This November 2, 2002 article from The New York Times takes a look
at institutions like Duke, the University of Virginia and other who are implementing
new honor codes to an attempt to improve academic integrity.
Copyright & Intellectual Freedom
6 Publishers Sue Owner of Online
Course-pack Business, Alleging Copyright Violations (must be subscribed
to the Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/02/2004021203n.htm
Six academic publishers have filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against
the owner of two Austin, Texas copy shops and an online course-pack distribution
business. The suit accuses the owner of "reproducing academic materials
for a profit without permission of the publishers or their licensing agent."
This article, published in the February 12, 2004 edition of the Chronicle
of Higher Education names those involved in this lawsuit, and outlines what
this case may mean for digital distribution of course materials.
UPDATE (4/4/04): An out-of-court
settlement was reached in the case against Samuel Odunsi, a copy shop owner
in Austin, TX. The suit against Odunsi stated that his shop created electronic
course packs called, "NetPaks," without proper permission from the
publisher. Details about the suit and the settlement can be found in this March
31, 2004 Chronicle of Higher Education article at http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/03/2004033102n.htm.
10 Big Myths about Copyright
Explained
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Brad Templeton, founder of ClariNet Communications Corp and Chairman of the
Board of Electrical Frontier Foundation discusses myths surrounding copyright
like, "If it doesn't have a copyright notice, it's not copyrighted."
And "My posting was just fair use!"
Bill Aims to Scale Back Controversial
Copyright Act
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20300683
On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, a number of consumer groups made their case to Congress
to amend the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The original language that was
passed in 1998 states that "it's illegal to bypass technological copy-protection
schemes to make backup copies of purchased work or to cut snippets of copyrighted
materials for what has traditionally been called 'fair use'." This article
published in the May 12, 2004 issue of InformationWeek discusses the
current bill, sponsored by Rep. Dick Boucher, D-Va., and addresses concerns
presented by those in Hollywood.
A Bookworm's Battle:
Eric Eldred, Inspired by the Internet, Takes a Copyright Case to the Supreme
Court
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i09/09a03501.htm
What began in 1995 as a Web site designed
to help his triplet daughters decipher "The Scarlet Letter" for their
middle school class has now placed Eric Eldred at the forefront of a "high-profile"
court case (Eldred v. Ashcroft). Eldred, scholars and library organizations
question the constitutionality of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act,
which adds 20 years to copyright protection.
Additional details about Eldred v. Ashcroft can be found at http://llr.lls.edu/.
Update: The U. S. Supreme Court's ruling that upholds a 1998 law is detailed in an article from the January 16, 2003 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education and is available at http://chronicle.com/free/2003/01/2003011601t.htm.
Copyright & Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu
This site, sponsored by the Council on Library Resources, FindLaw Internet Legal
Resources and the Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources,
has copyright information links to primary materials, current legislation, resources
on the Internet and an overview of copyright law.
Copyright as Cudgel
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i47/47b00701.htm
Siva Vaidhyanathan, an assistant professor of culture and communication at New
York University discusses issues and controversies surrounding the Digital Millennium
Act, how it has been a failure in terms of copyright and what should be done
in the future in this August 2, 2002 Chronicle of Higher Education article.
Copyright Issues in Digital Media
http://distance-educator.com/dailynews/08-09-Copyright.pdf
Technology has been evolving at such a rapid pace that it is often difficult
to keep up with the changes. This poses an extra layer of problems and concerns
for those dealings with copyright law issues. This Congressional Budget Office
paper, published in August 2004, examines a number of different topics including,
(1) the current copyright debate; (2) copyright law and technological change;
(3) copyright and the economics of intellectual property regulation; and (4)
economic implication of prospective legislative action.
Copyright Resources on the Internet
http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/help/copyright.pdf
The Groton Public Schools (Mystic, CT) developed this site as part of their
"Copyright Implementation Manual" (CIM). Resources presented at this
site are not K-12 specific and are appropriate for anyone looking for copyright
information.
The Copyright Web Site
http://www.benedict.com/
The Copyright Web Site has been called the "leading Internet portal for
copyright information", and it provides links to video, audio and digital
resources as well as the basics of copyright law. Online copyright registration
is also available on this site.
The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual
Property in the Information Age
http://fermat.nap.edu/html/digital_dilemma/
New technologies and the Internet are changing the ways people access information.
The Digital Dilemma project developed out of a long interest in legal issues
surrounding computer technology and intellectual property by the Computer Science
& Telecommunications Board (CSTB). The committee charged with studying this
issue and presenting this report was a diverse group made up of experts from
industry, academia and the library & information science community.
Electronic Publishing in Science-Seizing
the Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights in a Digital Age
http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/epub/index.shtml
Electronic Publishing in Science is a product of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science (AAAS) working in conjunction with a diverse group
of experts in the area of electronic scientific publishing. This report discusses
the challenges to scientific publishing due to new technologies.
Fair Use of Copyrighted Works
http://www.cetus.org/fairindex.html
California State University, the State University of New York and the City University
of New York banded together to form CETUS (Consortium for Educational Technology
for University Systems). This online version of the Fair Use of Copyrighted
Works was put together by the Working Group on Ownership, Legal Rights of Use
and Fair Use.
FindLaw: Intellectual Property
Law: Copyright
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/01copyright/
FindLaw claims to be the "highest-trafficked legal Web site" on the
Internet today. Their section on Intellectual Property Law is a good starting
point to locate resources dealing with copyright, trademarks, and intellectual
property.
Google Web Directory: Copyrights
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Intellectual_Property/Copyrights/?tc=1
The copyright section of the Google
Web directory has a plethora of links related to copyright and intellectual
property.
In the Copyright Wars, This Scholar
Sides with the Anarchists
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i13/13a02901.htm
Siva Vaidhyanathan, an assistant professor of culture and communication at New
York University (NYU), believes that the legal system may be putting a damper
on cultural creativity. His new book, The Anarchist in the Library, which
initially started out as a sequel to Copyrights and Copywrongs, addresses
culture's need to exist in an environment of sharing in order to thrive. Vaidhyanathan's
thoughts and opinions about this topic are presented in this November 19, 2004
article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Intellectual Property and the
National Information Infrastructure
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/doc/ipnii/
The Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights prepared this report that
examines and analyzes major areas of copyright and intellectual property issues.
Lawrence Lessig
Students Fight Copyright Hoarders
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65616,00.html
Students on a number of college campuses around the U.S. are forming Free Culture
groups. These groups are designed to teach other students about copyright law.
The various leaders of this group are finding creative ways to spread their
message and prevent copyright from stifling creativity. More information about
this group and their activities can be found in this November 10, 2004 article
from Wired.
NOTE: One of the co-founders
of Free Culture Swarthmore, Nelson Pavlosky, successfully sued Diebold Election
Systems after the company misused the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to threaten
Swarthmore students.
Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act)
College Media Group Cautions That 2 Copyright Laws Could Collide
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/03/2003031801t.htm
This article from the March 18, 2003 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the possible conflict between the TEACH Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.Slow Start for Long-Awaited Easing of Copyright Restriction
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i29/29a02901.htm
In November, 2002, President Bush sign the bill known as the TEACH Act into law. This law was designed to reduce the number of restrictions on the use of copyrighted materials in online classes. It appears that faculty have not taken advantage of this change because many say that the TEACH Act is "too complex and too vague." Activities permitted by this new law and the restrictions that also apply are outlined in this article from the March 28, 2003 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Links to guidelines published for the TEACH Act are also provided.
The TEACH Act: Finally Becomes Law
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/teachact.htm
The University of Texas has developed a site for those interested in the TEACH Act. It is primarily focused on issues that affect educators, but librarians may find that it does not cover many of the issues in the Act that affect libraries. This site provides a checklist to determine if you are ready to use the TEACH Act. Links to additional information on copyright and intellectual property issues are also provided.Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act)
http://www.ala.org/washoff/teach.html
The TEACH Act, part of the larger Justice Reauthorization legislation (H. R. 2215) was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 2, 2002. This much anticipated act "redefines the terms and conditions on which accredited, nonprofit educational institutions throughout the U.S. may use copyright protected materials in distance education-including on websites and by other digital means--without permission from the copyright owner and without payment of royalties", and offers major improvements over the previous version of Section 110(2). This site outlines the standards and requirements established by the TEACH Act.
The Tyranny of Copyright
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70B1EFB3F5D0C768EDDA80894DC404482
A group of students at Swarthmore College acquired 15,000 e-mail messages and
memos in fall 2003 that were either leaked or stolen from Diebold Election Systems.
Diebold Election Systems is one of the largest manufacturers of electronic voting
systems in the U.S., and the e-mail and memos discussed flaws in the Diebold
software and warnings that their network was vulnerable to hacker attacks. The
Swarthmore students felt that the public should be made aware of these potential
problems, and they posted this data on their Web site. After the data was posted,
Diebold sent letters to Swarthmore officials accusing the students of copyright
violations. The company demanded that the data be removed from the students'
site and the college's server. This article, published in the January 25, 2004
edition of the New York Times discusses Swarthmore's reaction, Diebold's
response, and the role the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) plays
in this and other similar cases.
UPDATE (2/10/04): Diebold's actions against the students at Swarthmore College who posted materials on the Web about the company's software and network vulnerabilities may have backfired on them. Two students and an ISP have filed a lawsuit against Diebold for "abuse of copyright protections created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Additional details about the case can be found in this TechWorldNews article titled, "Activists Seek Damages from Diebold over Copyright Abuse." The article can be found at http://www.technewsworld.com/story/32812.html, and it was published February 10, 2004.
UPDATE (10/4/04): The U.S. District Court in San Jose, CA ruled in favor of two Swarthmore College students who posted an unflattering memo about Diebold, Inc. on their Web site. Information about this case and the ruling can be found in, "Court Rules for Swarthmore College Students in Copyright Case against Voting-machine Company." This October 4, 2004 Chronicle of Higher Education article can be accessed at http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/10/2004100403n.htm (must be subscribed to the Chronicle of Higher Education to access).
University of Maryland, University College
University of Texas System
U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/
The U.S. Copyright Office site was designed "to serve the copyright community
of creators and users, as well as the general public". Links are available
to the copyright law, application forms for copyright registration and other
information resources dealing with copyright.
What Colleges and Universities
Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/cem/cem99/cem9913.html
Many aspects of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) contain information
of interest to higher education administrators and faculty. Casey Linde, a policy
analyst for EDUCAUSE and based in their Washington, D. C. office, focuses on
two points of note in this 1999 article published in CAUSE/EFFECT. The
first point deals with limitations on infringement liability for "service
providers", and the other one relates to the prohibition on circumvention
of technological protection measures (TPMs).
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO)
http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
WIPO is an international whose mission is to protect and promote intellectual
property. Currently, 179 states and over 90% of the world's countries belong
to WIPO.
Yahoo! Intellectual Property Links
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/law/intellectual_property
Yahoo! has compiled a set of annotated links on intellectual property, and they
are available at this site.
About Plagiarism, Pixels and Platitudes
http://www.svsu.edu/~dboehm/pixels.htm
Diane Christian Boehm, Director of Instructional Support Programs, University
Writing Program at Saginaw Valley State University (Michigan) developed this
site with Laura Taggett. Issues surrounding plagiarism and strategies to combat
classroom cheating are discussed.
Academic Integrity at Princeton
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/index.html
Princeton University has created this "booklet" that contains articles
addressing topics like the challenge of original work, when to cite sources,
examples of plagiarism and the question of collaboration.
Anti-Plagiarism Strategies
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
Robert Harris, an educator with over 25 years of college and university teaching
experience, has developed this site that discusses strategies to help increase
plagiarism awareness, as well as strategies and prevention tips.
Beating e-Cheating: Strategies
for Discouraging Internet Plagiarism
http://www.uwsa.edu/ttt/articles/plag.htm
Tammy Kempfert, Editor of Teaching with Technology Today, discusses findings
surrounding the plagiarism. She presents the findings and thoughts on some experts
in this area.
Bedford Workshops on Teaching
Writing Online: Plagiarism
http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/workshops/plagiarism.htm
Nick Carbone, a new media consultant at Bedford/St. Martins, presented the workshop
materials and outlines found at this site. These materials are available for
"any composition instructor or program to use and adopt for in-house training,
conference workshops, freely distributed newsletters and other professional
outreach or teaching purposes".
Other sections of this site to consult for plagiarism information include:
Catching Digital Cheaters
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/plagiarism.html
This Educational CyberPlayground site contains links to Website sources that
are used for plagiarism, such as term paper mills, as well as Websites related
to fighting plagiarism. Resources for students, higher education professors
and K-12 teachers are also provided.
Center for Academic Integrity
(CAI)
http://www.academicintegrity.org/
The Center for Academic Integrity is affiliated with the Kenan Institute of
Ethics (http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/links9.asp),
and their mission is "to identify and affirm the values of academic integrity
and to promote their achievement in practice".
Cheating, Plagiarism (and Other
Questionable Practices): The Internet and Other Electronic Resources
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/plag.htm
Phyllis Holman Weisbard, a University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian,
has presented her research on Internet plagiarism nationally. Her site contains
resources on topics such as term paper sites, plagiarism detectors and ways
to detect plagiarism.
Coastal Carolina University-Teaching Effectiveness Seminar
Dealing with Plagiarism
http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/plagindex.htm
Stauffer Library Reference Services
at Queens University (Kingston, Ontario) starts off their site by presenting
an article entitled "The New Plagiarism: Rise of the 'Copy and Paste' Generation"
by Cory Laverty. This site also has information and links to methods for detecting
plagiarism and suggestions on how to structure assignments that discourage plagiarism.
Dealing with Plagiarism Issues:
How to Detect It? How to Prevent It?
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/lessons/plagiar.htm
Lorraine Sherry, a Senior Research Associate at RMC Research Corporation (Denver,
CO) has compiled Web sites dealing with the issue of plagiarism and has divided
the site into four different sections. The topic areas include 1) Defining
the Problem; 2) Teaching-Oriented Sites; 3) Detecting Plagiarism;
and 4) Suggestions for Preventing Plagiarism.
Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism:
The WPA Statement on Best Practices
http://www.ilstu.edu/%7Eddhesse/wpa/positions/WPAplagiarism.pdf
This statement produced by the Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA)
addresses issues surrounding the growing problem of plagiarism. WPA has organized
this document into the following four categories:
Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism
was adopted by the WPA in January 2003.
Detecting Cheating
http://muweb.millersville.edu/~jccomp/acadintegrity/detectingcheating.html
In the age of high-tech cheating methods, is it possible for teachers to detect
when their students are cheating? Signs that may indicate students are engaging
in misconduct, and tips for how to spot and stop cheating are outlined. Links
to plagiarism sites and other academic integrity pages are also provided.
Deterring Plagiarism: Some Strategies
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagiar.html
Dr. Margaret Procter, coordinator of writing support at the University of Toronto,
presents her suggestions at this site on how to reduce plagiarism in the classroom.
She has divided her tips into three sections:
Downloadable Term Papers: What's
a Prof to Do?
http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ecenteach/resources/ideas/term-paper-download.html
Tom Rocklin who developed this site for the Center for Teaching at the University
of Iowa, discusses issues surrounding plagiarism and the Internet. He examines
term paper sites, how they threaten the education process and steps instructors
can take to reduce the threat of plagiarism.
Downloading Detectives--Searching
for On-Line Plagiarism http://www2.coloradocollege.edu/Library/Course/downloading_detectives_paper.htm
Robin Satterwhite, social science librarian and Marla Gerein, social sciences
academic technology specialist at Colorado College are the authors of this site.
They have analyzed plagiarism detection sites and provide a summary of their
observations. One thing to note is that a few of the detection services are
no longer in business.
Electronic Plagiarism Seminar
http://www.lemoyne.edu/library/plagiarism.htm
Gretchen Pearson, Public Services Librarian and Copyright Officer at Le Moyne
College, has done numerous presentations on the topic of plagiarism. This site
was developed one of her faculty seminars at Le Moyne in December 1999. Pearson
last updated this site on September 9, 2002.
A Faculty Guide to Cyber-Plagiarism
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/
The University of Alberta Libraries has posted this comprehensive site designed
to help instructors dealing with plagiarism in their classes. Information available
at this site include resources on why students plagiarize, plagiarism terminology,
preventing, detecting & reporting plagiarism, paper sites and handouts for
students.
Google Web Directory: Plagiarism
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Educators/Academic_Dishonesty/Plagiarism/
Numerous links on plagiarism, detection and prevention are available at this
directory with the help of pages from the Open Directory project.
How to Recognize Plagiarism: Indiana
University
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/
This site was developed by the Instructional Systems Technology (IST) Department
at Indiana University at Bloomington. All IST students are required to take
this tutorial, but it may be beneficial to other students and faculty who are
interested in addressing issues of plagiarism. An overview, cases, examples
and even a test are covered.
Learning Connection: Plagiarism
http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/plagiarism/index.htm
The University of South Australia has compiled an annotated list of resources
dealing with the issue of plagiarism. Resources for students and staff are available
to help people understand what constitutes plagiarism and ways it can be avoided.
The page is divided into two sections: 1) University of South Australia specific
resources; and 2) other educational materials on plagiarism.
Plagiarism: A Good Practice
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/brookes.pdf
This 43 page report by Jude Carroll and Jon Appleton makes a case for academic
institutions redesigning courses and determining the best ways to inform students
about university regulations regarding plagiarism while also teaching the skills
necessary for proper attribution in research papers. The authors believe instructors
should inform students about the effects plagiarism may have on their careers
later in life.
Plagiarism: Faculty Resources
http://plagiarism.dal.ca/faculty/index.html
Fran Nowakowski at the Dalhousie University Libraries (Halifax, Canada) has
created this site that has links to resources on intellectual honesty, assignment
design and plagiarism detection & prevention strategies. The site was last
updated on April 25, 2003.
Plagiarism: University of Northern
Colorado
http://www.unco.edu/dos/plagiarism.htm
The Dean of Students at the University of Colorado has posted this tutorial
to help students and faculty deal with the issue of plagiarism. This site defines
plagiarism, provides details on how to recognize plagiarism and details the
plagiarism detection software tool, TurnItIn.com. Links to addition sites that
provide more information about plagiarism, detection tools and term paper providers
are also available.
Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism
http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~ehrlich/plagiarism598.html
Howard Erhlich, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, discusses
what constitutes plagiarism, the dilemma many instructors face in dealing with
cheating and what can be done to combat this growing crisis. Links on to resources
on how to fight plagiarism as well as a step-by-step guide on how to detect
plagiarism are also provided.
Plagiarism and the Challenge of
Essay Writing: Learning from Our Students
http://facstaff.elon.edu/sullivan/cheatpap.htm
Dr. Janice Newton, Department of Political Science at York University, discusses
four common factors of plagiarism:
Plagiarism and the Web
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm
Bruce Leland, an English Professor at Western Illinois University initially
prepared the resources in this page for the 1998 Computers and Writing Conference.
Leland provides links to some of the more popular term paper sites and offers
tips on how to deter and prevent plagiarism.
Plagiarism Detection Software. See section Plagiarism Detection Tools.
Plagiarism in Colleges in USA
http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm
Ronald B. Standler, an attorney and consultant, believes that instructors need
to take a proactive stance in fighting plagiarism in their classes. He discusses
the law of plagiarism, cases in the U. S. involving plagiarism, self-plagiarism
and other issues in this document.
Plagiarized.com: The Instructors
Guide To Internet Plagiarism
http://www.plagiarized.com/deadgive.html
Part of the goal of Plagiarized.com is to "get the word out" about
online plagiarism. This site is a good starting place for those needing to find
out more about plagiarism and how to prevent it.
Preventing Academic Dishonesty
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/prevent.html
Barbara Gross Davis, Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at the
University of California, Berkeley developed this site, and it is based on a
chapter from her book entitled "Tools for Teaching" (Josey-Bass Publishers:
San Francisco, 1993). Dr. Davis covers cheating that occurs or can occur during
exams as well as plagiarized paper assignments at this site.
Preventing Plagiarism & Cheating
in Online Courses
http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/pointers/1999_12.html
This article is part of the Illinois Online Network's (ION) technology tip of
the month called "Pointers & Clickers". Links to term paper and
custom papers sites plus ways to prevent cheating in online courses are discussed.
Other articles of interest in the "Pointers & Clickers" series
can be found at http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/pointers/.
Questioning Author(ity): ESL/EFL,
Science, and Teaching about Plagiarism
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej10/a2.html
The publication, TESL-EJ, a refereed publication that is recognized as the source
of ESL and EFL information around the word, published this article by Sharon
Myers, Texas Tech University. Myers discusses plagiarism as defined by the U.
S. National Academy of Sciences (http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer),
as well the story published in Science
about 3 cases of plagiarism by Chinese scientists.
Reintroducing Students to Good
Research
http://homepages.gac.edu/~fister/LakeForest.html
Barbara Fister, a librarian at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN) presented
the information at this site in her keynote address to the faculty at Lake Forest
College (IL). In her speech, she discusses how to make students independent
thinkers so they won't have to rely on copying the works of others. Fister also
outlines assignments that can be used to encourage this type of behavior in
students.
Resources for Teaching - Plagiarism
http://www.albany.edu/cetl/resources/pedagogy/plagiarism.html
The Plagiarism section of the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
(University of Albany) site can be used to educate students and teachers about
plagiarism. Tips for "how to spot a fake" are also available on this
page.
Strategies to Promote Academic
Integrity
http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/Resources/Teaching/Integrity.html
J. Navarro, D. Clark and D. Halley, at the University of California, Santa Barbara
(UCSB) prepared this document that was originally presented as a section of
A Handbook on Teaching for UCSB Faculty. The authors outline ways to faculty
can prevent cheating as well as how to go about reporting incidents of cheating.
Student Plagiarism in an Online
World
http://www.prism-magazine.org/december/html/student_plagiarism_in_an_onlin.htm
Julie J. C. H. Ryan, a graduate teaching assistant at George Washington University
and an information security consultant examines how the Web contributes to the
increase in plagiarism cases. She also addresses how the Web has a plethora
of tools instructors can use to fight this growing epidemic.
Techniques for Encouraging Academic
Integrity
http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/resource/encouraging.htm
Kathleen Kemmerer, Assistant Professor of English at Penn State Hazleton, briefly
discusses ways to prevent students from plagiarizing their assignments. She
provides links to articles for instructors & students and free & fee
based plagiarism detection software tools.
University of Arizona Information
Literacy Initiative
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/teams/InfoLit2000/infolit.shtml
The University of Arizona Information Literacy Team has developed a page with
plagiarism detection and prevention resources. Topic areas addressed at this
site include detection services, faculty & student guides, and plagiarism
prevention strategies.
University of Wisconsin at Platteville
Karrmann Library: Plagiarism Prevention
http://www.uwplatt.edu/library/reference/plagiarism.html
Librarians at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville have put together a
site designed to help people understand and prevent plagiarism. Tips on how
to encourage students not to cheat and ways to identify plagiarism in students'
papers are presented. Annotated links to Internet resources for fighting plagiarism
as well as information on term paper mills are available.
What is Plagiarism at Indiana
University?
http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/index2.html
Ted Frick, an associate professor in the Department of Instructional Systems
Technology at Indiana University, developed this 10 part quiz designed to test
student's abilities to understand and recognize plagiarism. The quiz is designed
in a multiple choice format, and immediate feedback is given regarding answers.
Academic Honesty and Intellectual
Ownership
http://library.ups.edu/research/guides/acadhon.htm
Members of the University of Puget Sound's Academic Standards Committee designed
this guide to be an intellectual ownership resource for students. Source citation
materials are also included.
Academic Integrity at Princeton
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/index.html
Princeton University has created this "booklet" that contains articles
addressing topics like the challenge of original work, when to cite sources,
examples of plagiarism and the question of collaboration.
Avoiding Plagiarism: Hamilton
College
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/style/plagiarism/plagiarism.html
Sharon Williams, Director of the Writing Center at Hamilton College (Clinton,
NY), believes that some students have no idea that what they are doing constitutes
plagiarism. She has designed this site to provide general advice on how to avoid
plagiarism as well as outlining examples of note taking methods that will show
students proper ways to cite and paraphrase sources.
Avoiding Plagiarism: Mastering
the Art of Scholarship
http://sja.ucdavis.edu/files/plagiarism.pdf
The Student Judicial Affairs Office at the University of California, Davis defines
what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. They also list several examples of how
to properly cite and paraphrase sources.
Avoiding Plagiarism: Purdue University
Online Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) developed this online handout
to help students become more aware of things they can do to avoid plagiarism.
Information and illustrations regarding actions that might be seen as plagiarism
and tips on when to cite sources are provided. A practice exercise to help students
decide if they are at risk for plagiarism is also