Cut from the ASEE International Engineering Education Digest for 2nd
September 2003:
"Plagiarism in Malaysia - Australia's lucrative international education
initiatives (3 billion US$ per year) came under the spotlight this
spring and summer, reports David Cohen writing for the Chronicle of
Higher Education. As a result, the education minister, Brendan Nelson,
asked that the University of Newcastle reopen its investigation of a
plagiarism case involving fifteen students at its Malaysian partner
institution. These students were enrolled in a graduate business
program taught and administered by Newcastle. They were originally
accused by their Newcastle instructor of plagiarizing papers, but later
were exonerated when a university committee declared that the fault
resided with lack of clarity in university plagiarism policies. The
contract between Institut Wira, the Malaysian school, and the
University of Newcastle is up for renewal this year. Newcastle's vice
chancellor, Roger Holmes, agreed to assist in a new inquiry, saying
that the reputation of higher education was of critical importance.
(See http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/08/2003080802n.htm)."
Does anyone know what happened next? Did they change their policies?
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