kellyramsey + cheating   11

The Shadow Scholar ("Ed Dante", The Chronicle of Higher Education)
" Through a literary agent, he approached The Chronicle wanting to tell the story of how he makes a living writing papers for a custom-essay company and to describe the extent of student cheating he has observed. "
academia  cheating 
november 2010 by kellyramsey
Fired Colorado Professor Is Cross-Examined in Lawsuit (Dan Frosch, New York Times)
" Mr. Churchill faced withering cross examination on Tuesday by the university’s lawyer, Patrick O’Rourke. Mr. O’Rourke said Mr. Churchill’s practice of ghostwriting essays for other scholars and then citing them to support his own theories on the persecution of American Indians was severely problematic. “The only evidence we’ve heard from anyone other than you about this scholarly practice, is from 20 people tenured at C.U., all of whom say this is wrong,” Mr. O’Rourke said." "
academia  information-ethics  cheating  DNR 
march 2009 by kellyramsey
What Happens To Fake Studies? (@ The Last Psychiatrist)
"It's hard to explain why the article isn't simply deleted; or, better, loudly labeled as a fake so that we can learn even from fakes."
information-ethics  cheating  knowledge-communities  academia 
march 2009 by kellyramsey
Plagiarism-Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary [2002 May 17] (Andrea L. Foster @ Chronicle of Higher Education)
"But now some college lawyers and professors are warning that one of the most widely used plagiarism-detection services may be trampling on students' copyrights and privacy."
cheating  information-embezzlement  privacy  TIA 
september 2006 by kellyramsey
Students Rebel Against Database Designed to Thwart Plagiarists (Maria Glod, Washington Post)
"Members of the new Committee for Students' Rights said they do not cheat or condone cheating. But they object to Turnitin's automatically adding their essays to the massive database, calling it an infringement of intellectual property rights."
cheating  information-embezzlement  social-movements 
september 2006 by kellyramsey

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