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October 23, 2006

Are teachers and computers responsible for plagiarism?

Very interesting and thought provoking article from the United Kingdom, that appeared in Ars Technica
on Oct. 20,2006. It dares to ask some tough questions…

Are teachers and computers responsible for plagiarism?
10/20/2006 11:59:37 AM, by Nate Anderson

Plagiarism, always a problem, has exploded into an epidemic at universities as the Internet and article databases now make it simple to cut and paste; students increasingly grow up in a “Rip. Mix. Burn.” culture that is used to slinging digital material across the world without giving too much thought to copyright. But is it really the students who are to blame? Baroness Deech, who heads the UK’s student complaint agency, argues that teachers and technology share the responsibility….
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