Internet Gives Rise to a Bold New Era in College-Student Cheating. Nahal Toosi.
by Toosi, Nahal; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 10Institutions. Publisher: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Cheating (Education) | College students -- Conduct of life | College teachers | Internet -- Educational use | Plagiarism | Teachers -- AttitudesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Donald McCabe, founding president of the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University and a leading expert on academic dishonesty, has surveyed more than 50,000 students on cheating since 1990. He says it is a growing problem. In 1999, he surveyed 2,100 students on 21 campuses, and found that 75 percent said they had cheated at some level in college during the past year. In 1999, 10 percent of students McCabe surveyed said they'd plagiarized off the Internet; in a 2001 survey, 41 percent said so." (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) This article examines how the Internet makes it easier for students to cheat and for teachers to catch the cheaters and discusses some of the measures universities are taking to deal with the increase in academic misconduct.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Internet Gives Rise to a Bold New Era in College-Student Cheating, Jan. 21, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Donald McCabe, founding president of the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University and a leading expert on academic dishonesty, has surveyed more than 50,000 students on cheating since 1990. He says it is a growing problem. In 1999, he surveyed 2,100 students on 21 campuses, and found that 75 percent said they had cheated at some level in college during the past year. In 1999, 10 percent of students McCabe surveyed said they'd plagiarized off the Internet; in a 2001 survey, 41 percent said so." (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) This article examines how the Internet makes it easier for students to cheat and for teachers to catch the cheaters and discusses some of the measures universities are taking to deal with the increase in academic misconduct.
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