Thesis: Although plagiarism has terrible statistics and appalling honor cases, there are still ways

to plagiarism in colleges.
I. Statistics show that plagiarism has spread across America for several years.
A. Today, cheating is not just a concern for below average students, but to overachieving
college students as well.
1. Cheating no longer carries the stigma that it used to.(Current Cheating
Statistics)
a. Less social approval coupled with increased competition for admission
into universities and graduate schools has made students more willing to
do whatever it takes to get the A.(Current Cheating Statistics)
b. Grades, rather than education, have become the major focus of many
students.(Current Cheating Statistics)
2. Teachers and students believe every student will inevitably cheat, while few
college sees that as a problem.
a. Seventy-three percent of graduate students and teachers are in agreement
with the eighty-six percent of high school students who believe most
students will cheat eventually. (Current Cheating Statistics)
b. Only thirty-five of college officials believe that cheatings a problem.
(Current Cheating Statistics)
B. Donald McCabe conducted a three-year survey that revealed the statistics of academic
misconduct by students.
1. The results of this survey show students confessions to academic misconduct.
a. Thirty-six percent of undergraduates and twenty-four percent of
graduates admit to copying sentences off of the Internet without
footnoting it.(Plagiarism Facts and Statistics)
b. Thirty-eight percent of undergraduates and twenty-five percent of
graduate students admit to copying sentences off a written source without
footnoting that either. (Plagiarism Facts and Statistics)
2. These results show how the temptation of cheating has affected our nations
colleges.
a. Academic integrity is an issue of critical importance to academic
institutions and has been giving increasing interest among schools in the
last few decades. (Donald McCabe, Rutgers University)
b. While documenting that cheating on tests and exams and plagiarism are
significant issues on our college and university campuses, it also offers
some thoughts on possible strategies to encourage greater levels of
academic integrity among students. (Donald McCabe, Rutgers
University)
II. Both students and teachers alike, from any college, can be guilty of academic
misconduct.
Clarrisa Mullen
Bell 3A
4/9/14
A. In the spring of 2012, 125 undergraduates at Harvard University were accused of
cheating on a final exam after the professor found many similarities in
answers.(Cheating by 125 Harvard Students)
1. In the Introduction to College class, students claimed teaching assistants gave
them the answers to exam questions. (Cheating by 125 Harvard Students)
2. Everyone in the class shared notes. Youd expect similar answers.(a senior in
the Introduction to College class)
B. Teachers are being pushed to with student test scores.(Michael Handzel)
1. This has become has become a problem thats spread across the country
because most districts dont have a tamper-proof test process. (Michael
Handzel)
2. If you suspect a test irregularity, investigate it and treat every suspicious action
seriously. (Michael Handzel)
III. After being overlooked for years, there are now ways to prevent Honor Code violations.
A. Academic integrity is crucial to Emory University.(Jason Ciejka)
1. Due to many violations occurring the Honor Code has seemed to have lost his
purpose. (Jason Ciejka)
2. Emory Honor Council found a way to make the Honor Code visible and educate
students with academic integrity.
B. Over the past month, a technology-based system with remote proctoring has reduced the
number of students cheating on online finals.(Michael London)
1. Colleges in 10 states have shown that less than one percent were caught
cheating. (Michael London)
2. While no system, no matter how sophisticated, can catch everything, our data
demonstrates that an online proctoring is very effective as a deterrent. (Michael
London)




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