In response to the scholarly article on plagiarism which was distributed in class, I agree that plagiarism is an issue in our universities today. However, I do not believe it is as big of an issue as the article makes it out to be. Because of software such as safeassign, where students are required to submit their work through a reader which monitors and points out plagiarism, I believe plagiarism has declined in recent years. The main thing that keeps students from plagiarism, I believe, is the fear of being caught!
It is important to note, also, that as a college student gets closer to graduation, they are less likely to plagiarize. Not only because they have more on the line, but also because they value ownership in their work and take pride in the papers they have written. The shift from high school to college can be a rough transition for many, because in high school teachers teach to the test. This promotes students to copy answers straight from a textbook. In college, these same students must shift more towards the end of critical thinking, and for freshmen and sophomores, this can be a tricky task. It can also be a misleading transition because all professors have different standards on what is acceptable in terms of plagiarism.
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