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Dear Colleagues Maybe I am alone in this, but I do think plagiarism is a significant and growing problem. To ask for discussion within a context of paranoia and hysteria is not to invite discussion at all, but to pat ourselves on the back for being above the narrow minded, and to laugh at their folly. A problem can never be addressed if even identifying that problem is seen as a bigger problem in itself and a character flaw. To me, the figure of 70% seems a fairly accurate one, relating not to the amount of work plagiarised, but to the number of students who have tried it. I don't think it means the end of education as we know it, but I do think it needs addressing, and that would be worth discussing. Yours Eveline Powell > Dear EATAW Colleagues, > > I'm working on an article on the "securitisation" of plagiarism. > Securitisation is a concept from security studies where certain actors or > groups talk us into believing that a particular phenomenon is such a > threat to our existence that extraordinary, normally unacceptable, > measures have to be taken to combat it. > > I'm looking for a widely cited article (non-academic, I think) which put > the number of students who have plagiarised during their studies at about > 70%. If anyone has heard of this article and can give me a link, I'd > really appreciate it. Of course any other links to articles in the press > suggesting plagiarism is a grave threat to the existence of the education > system, the more paranoid the better, are also gratefully received. > > Thanks in advance, > > John > === > John Harbord > Center for Academic Writing > Central European University > Budapest, Hungary >