What do you do when charged with plagiarism at college or university?
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First, you need to check your university's policy on plagiarism.  \n\nOften, for a first offense, an F for the assignment, or for the class, is the usual consequence.  Second offenses more often result in expulsion.\n\nSecond, when you meet with the professor, with the judicial board, with the dean, or with whatever body is designated at your university to adjudicate cases of plagiarism, TELL THE TRUTH.\n\nWe've all heard every single excuse.  We've all seen students try to shirk responsibility for the offense.  Mercy is most likely extended when students are both truthful and remorseful.
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I doubt there is any way to fully identify whether each assignment individually is plagiarized, nor do I feel it to be a constructive use of a teacher's time.\n\nIn-class assessments of individual understanding (and with stringent monitoring of all forms of communication) provide the only fully reliable feedback of student understanding that I can think of. With almost any other assignment, students can easily receive assistance, and this is often a good thing. In order to build successful in-class individual assessments, one must take the following into consideration:\n\n1) There are students who will try to cheat. Providing several different versions of the assessments can help minimize this, though good classroom monitoring is essential. I recently caught one student completing another student's final!\n\n2) Consider carefully what you want the students to know and create assessments that will accurately reflect this. For example, If you want them to be able to write a 5-paragraph essay, test them by giving them a writing prompt that they will know -- like their family. Don't give them a prompt like "Compare and contrast the evolution of primates and the development of quantum physics" and then assume that they didn't understand how to structure an essay!\n\n3) Make sure that individual in-class assessments are weighted highly enough that a student cannot pass on the efforts of others.\n\n4) Understand that everyone has bad (or good) days. Assessments should be frequent enough that these peaks and troughs will be averaged out.\n\nAlthough tests and quizzes are the most common types of assessments, various alternatives should be considered in order to compensate for test anxiety.
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I can certainly see why you would be discouraged.  Students who disregard the necessity of academic honesty poison the environment for others.  Speaking as a professor, I would want to be told.  I would regard your report as a good example of academic honesty, and I would do my best to discourage further plagiarism on the part of all students.\n\nHowever, it is quite possible that the professor already knows! (We've gotten quite good at detecting these things.) But that should not discourage you from informing the professor. \n\nBest wishes, and keep your integrity.  It pays off in the long run.
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You report fraud to local law enforcement.  \n\nYou report copyright violations to the copyright holder.  It's up to them to enforce their rights, you can't do if for them.
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'To steal an idea or concept from one single source is plagiarism. To steal the same from ten different sources, and blend them into your own version is RESEARCH !
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You could probably use "plagiarism" for the P.
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Write one. Why do so many people get on here to plagiarize essays??
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Something to think about: If you intend to plagiarize, all your teacher has to do is Google a few sentences from your paper and he'll find the original.
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Using the current example of that harvard student that plagiarized other books to write her own illustrates that authors are affected/hurt by plagiarism, as the cheater is stealing from that author. \n\nI believe that plagiarism is a HUGE problem, specially now that there is so much information on the web from where to copy and paste ideas.
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Plagiarism: to use or pass off the ideas or writings of another as ones own. (American Heritage Dictionary)\n\nPlagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty are highly frowned upon, and in college it will get you kicked out of school. Also, there was recently a newspaper columnist who was fired from his job because he plagiarized his writings in the Baltimore Sun. \n\nThink you won't get caught? Maybe not, but there are a number of plagiarism detecting sources online that teachers often use to catch dishonest students. \n\n\nSo, unless you plan on handing in your essay to your teacher with a heading that reads, "This article was written by someone other than myself" I suggest you do your own writing, or be prepared to pay the consequences.
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Come on! You are supposed to write your own work for your college education, not plagiarize from some poor fool who answers your question on Yahoo.\n\nThis is such an easy essay with very little research requirement. Get out your books, get online and get on it, lazy.
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Please look up the meaning of the word "plagiarism."  \n\nYou are supposed to use what you learned to do your own paper.  If you didn't learn anything, you should drop the course or take the failure like a mature person.
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yes.  Your brain.  You know whether you plagiarized. \n\nBetter research practices keeping index card notes referenced by source while reading can virtually eliminate accidental plagiarisms.\n\nSome professors use search engines to evaluate plagiarism in papers, but the standard now is Turnitin.com. I have included an information sheet from Turnitin.com.  No their service is not free, but they do provide information related to other methods.
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Stop plagiarizing other peoples work and be original.
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The general rule is: it's plagerism if you take credit for someone else's work.  It's stealing their words.\n\nI believe the penalty is usually a failing grade on the paper you turn.  If the paper is weighted enough you could fail the course.  I guess a school could take it to the next level and suspend you or the law could fine you.\n\nIt's easy to use someone else's words - just put " " around the text and site you source.
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An attested copy would do the job but u need to produce original too for verification. First try without original if the manager insists on original you need to request the principal of your college and give a written application explaining the necessity to get the original. Tell them that it will be duly returned back after the verification. Verification would hardly take a day or two then u can return the original in the college.
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I just got a 0 in a class that someone said that I had cheated in. In all reality I gave answers to someone else. They were worth 20 points on the test. This has caused me to get academic dishonesty on my transcript and also a big fat 0. I didn't even think anything of it when I did it considering it was for an internet class and was a take home test. I have a over a 3.5 GPA and have 2 (well now 3) classes until I graduate. I think my punishment is a little harsh considering we talked to the teacher and the dean and said exactly what happened. Now I am out $600 more dollars and have this label etched in stone on my transcript. I will never share my knowledge again. It just isn't worth it. I guess the reason I am saying this is to warn you that this is a major offense in the academic world and could cost you majorly. I wish you the best and let me know how you handle the situation.