Avoiding Plagiarism!: Real Consequences
Sanctions at IWU
"It is the responsibility of each student to be aware of policies regulating academic conduct including definitions of academic dishonesty, the possible sanctions, and the appeals process.
Any undergraduate student apprehended and charged with cheating, including plagiarism, during his or her college matriculation, shall receive the following discipline:
1. First incident of cheating: failure in
paper, assignment, or exam.
2. Second incident of cheating:
failure in the course involved.
3. Third incident of cheating:
dismissal from the university."
Getting Caught
Do you think you will get caught if you plagiarize in a paper or project at IWU?
Very likely: 52 votes (81.25%)
A good possibility: 4 votes (6.25%)
Maybe: 5 votes (7.81%)
A small chance: 1 votes (1.56%)
Virtually zero: 2 votes (3.13%)
Total Votes: 64
Big Names in Big Trouble
An Indiana native and aide to George Bush is found to have copied portions of articles he wrote for a Fort Wayne newspaper.
A computer comparison of 17 million articles finds that a doctor used "nearly identical" passages to an earlier published study in his publication.
CBS News is forced to withdraw a Katie Couric video essay written by a producer after it is found to have plagiarized a Wall Street Journal article.
Harvard President Claudine Gay was found to have problematic citations in her 1997 doctoral dissertation.
Publishing giant USA Today cleans house and admits to poor editorial management of a reporter who plagiarized stories.
A reporter writing high profile national stories meets his downfall in plagiarism.
Sen. Joe Biden in a Times article says it's "ludicrous" to expect politicians to credit all sources in speeches. He also denies plagiarism in his law school record.
