In a message dated 11/22/02 10:49:29 AM Central Standard Time,
ejg1@... writes:

>
> Colleagues:
>
> I dutifully filed many messages about plagiarism on our list over the
> past two years and forwarded them to our assistant dean, who was very
> concerned about the rise of it on campus.

Roger writes>>Ed. We have a horrid problem with plagiarism here as well. My
solution is to design all assignments so it is impossible to plagiarize.

I think this is quite easy to do actually. One thing I do is require that
students use no source older than 3 years in their research. If they choose
a text older than this they must bring it to me to certify that it is
suitable. That usually stops a lot of nonsense. Then again I will do the
research projects in steps, so that I see and approve the project in three
phases and meet with them to go over the draft so they can do a revised final
draft. That also usually terminates any effort to plagiarize.

There are many things one can do to so tailor the project that plagiarism is
quite impossible. I think this is both more effective and cheaper than using
a service such as you suggest.

just me
roger

Dr. Roger Easson
Professor
Department of Literature and Languages
Christian Brothers University
Memphis, Tennessee
38104


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