Members of a committee formed in response to plagiarism accusations levied against a former university administrator received word this week that they need to reconvene and examine documents they may have plagiarized.
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the 10-member committee of Southern Illinois University academics and administrators commissioned to develop a plagiarism policy may have borrowed from Indiana University’s definition—without citing IU.
SIU officials seemed surprised by the news and stressed the policy was still in draft form.
It would be a near perfect example of irony: a definition of plagiarism created in the wake of plagiarism scandals may itself have been plagiarized.
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Plagarism Policies
therealtj
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Oh, sweet irony!
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Biskit Comics
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how absurd
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lba
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That happened almost over a year and a half ago if I remember right. They made a really big stink about it and had to revise the plagiarism policy at my college to make sure it wasn't copied.
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legueu
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In administration, mostly everything is copy and paste.
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Dark Pascual
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DOUK
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So if someone makes a 'no plagiarism' rule, noone else can too unless they cite him?
How specific are these rules if they need to be different for every school?
How specific are these rules if they need to be different for every school?
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