Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Students vs. Turnitin.com

Student Battles Mandatory Use of Turnitin.com

URL:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/21/ctv.plagiarism
This article from CNN covers the story of a McGill University (up in Canada) student who refused to submit his paper to Turnitin.com. His professor decided to give him an F for not submitting his papers; however, the student appealed the grades and their rationale, and the university ordered the professor to accept the papers and grade them.



Tune Up Turnitin

URL:
http://technicianonline.com/story.php?id=008680

This essay by Anna Edens in the Technician, the student newspaper at North Carolina State, applauds the actions of the student at McGill and congratulates the NC State English Department for ending their use of Turnitin.com.

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