tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post1158104450107197691..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: PlagiarismClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-15686673092606500902010-12-08T23:06:15.668-05:002010-12-08T23:06:15.668-05:00My university punishes alcohol infractions harshly...My university punishes alcohol infractions harshly, but most professors don't bother to take their plagiarism cases to Judiciaries. My husband did this early in his career when a grad student turned in a "book review" that was 95% copied verbatim from the book under review. That's outrageous enough. But my husband's career was actually threatened by both his immediate superior and a powerful colleague who was the student's adviser. He prevailed in the end, but I don't think he or I would ever willingly take a case to Judiciaries in the future.<br /><br />I'm in complete agreement about creating a database. At a minimum, the student's adviser should always be notified, but that obviously doesn't address the problem of unethical advisers!Sungoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153155221248240952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-84038763870119352702010-12-08T23:00:37.756-05:002010-12-08T23:00:37.756-05:00"A corporate university is only interested in..."A corporate university is only interested in the number of bodies it can sign up and charge tuition. The quality of those bodies, as well as what they do in the classroom and in their assignments, is of secondary (if that) interest."<br /><br />The sad truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-37955543623400437862010-12-08T13:24:04.446-05:002010-12-08T13:24:04.446-05:00Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about...Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. maybe we, the professors, should sue the university more often.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-8962296362877930072010-12-08T13:05:48.741-05:002010-12-08T13:05:48.741-05:00I do not remember how much I told you about my pla...I do not remember how much I told you about my plagiarism cases. Anyway, after certain group of people managed to produce identical midterms (in class!!!) I approached the administration unofficially and asked their advice on how to deal with this issue. The advise was not to deal with it unless I can prove 100% that plagiarism has taken place, otherwise the university is not risking to be sued. I do not know if that happened before, but they do not want to take a risk.<br /><br />What worked though - I promised those students that on the final exam they will be sitting as far away from each other and as close to the invigilator or myself as possible . That scared them :) :)Vnoreply@blogger.com