Unfortunately there are many forms of academic dishonesty, some of which are of epidemic proportion. Plagiarism is bad, but I think the practice of ripping vital pages out of books on reserve is worse. As for the comment that the internet faclitates plagiarism, it also facilitates finding it - just search for a suspicious phrase.
I used to teach physics and we routinely set up lab experiments in which it was impossible to get the right (i.e., textbook) answer. Honest students learned that some experimental procedures are biassed. Others got caught, and unfortunately this often included the majority of students. Bill Silvert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henebry, Geoffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:42 PM Subject: Re: plagiarism > ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Assorted sordid things that ought not to be done or > even considered! > > There are many acts - both of commission and omission - that constitute > ill deeds in the academe. Of particular concern for graduate students > are the misdeeds of Fabrication & Falsification and Plagiarism...
