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After former Harvard president Claudine Gay's shocking testimony on Capitol Hill, her thin and undistinguished record of research came under scrutiny. In the weeks since probing into her work, Gay resigned. Unsurprisingly, the reaction to Gay's resignation has been mixed.
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In conversation with Marilyn Strathern's work on kinship and especially on metaphors of intellectual and reproductive creativity, this paper provides an analysis of plagiarism not as a violation of intellectual property but of the kinship relationships between author, work, and readers. It also analyzes the role of figures of kidnapped slaves and children in the genealogy of the modern concept of plagiarism.

Plagiarism is a serious problem in the academic environment that affects academic honesty. However, there is usually a lack of knowledge regarding what kinds of practices can be regarded as plagiarism, as it is defined according to various ethical rules that differ from country to country. There is no commonly accepted definition encompassing all currently recognized forms of plagiarism. Therefore, some authors consider pedagogy to be the best measure against plagiarism. To research the impact of educating students on how to correctly quote sources on rates of plagiarism and the impact of specific factors causing plagiarism, we analyzed the measures of association among nominal variables from a dataset based on a survey of bachelor's and master's degree students in Slovak universities. According to our results from the Slovak universities, we can confirm that education has a positive impact on the elimination of plagiarism; however, teaching itself is not a sufficient measure to fight plagiarism. Other measures, e.g., checking seminar papers for plagiarism or making regular changes in topics for assignments, must accompany the educational measures that make an effort to eliminate plagiarism. The prevention of certain types of misconduct involves a long process; the teachers must implement educational measures and then uncompromisingly demand that students respect those measures.

The present study aimed to reveal architecture students' attitudes to plagiarism. Quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design research was adopted for the present study. Faculty of architecture, Department of Architecture students (n=233) participated the study. Students answered to Attitude toward Plagiarism (ATP) scale. Data analysis carried out utilizing SPSS. Students' level of attitudes were found to be moderate for both three dimensions, Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, and Subjective Norms. The students have lack of plagiarism knowledge. Students believe that plagiarism is not good but a community issue. The act to plagiarizing depends on situations. Methodological terms and time limit are leading in causing plagiarism. Plagiarism is primarily an expert issue and students should not be punished for the act, particularly for self-plagiarism. Girls are more sensitive to plagiarism issues than boys. Attitudes to plagiarism changes favorably with grade increase. Implications for librarians, educators, and policymakers are drawn. ; Bu çalışmada mimarlık öğrencilerinin intihale ilişkin tutumlarının ortaya çıkarılması hedeflenmiştir. Çalışma enine kesit araştırması desenine göre uyarlanmıştır. Çalışma, Mimarlık Fakültesi, Mimarlık Bölümü öğrencileriyle (n=233) gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, öğrencilerin "İntihale Karşı Tutum Ölçeği"ne verdikleri yanıtlardan elde edilmiştir. Verilerin çözümlenmesinde SPSS istatistik programı kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizi sonucunda öğrencilerin ölçeğin Olumlu, Olumsuz ve Bireysel Değerler boyutlarının üçüne ait orta düzeyde tutuma sahip oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca, öğrencilerin intihale ilişkin bilgileri yetersiz düzeyde çıkmıştır. Analiz sonucunda ortaya çıkan diğer önemli sonuçlar da şu şekildedir: Öğrenciler intihalin iyi bir davranış olmadığına inanmalarına rağmen, toplumsal hale gelmiş önemli bir sorun olduğunu düşünmektedirler. İntihal davranışı sergileyip sergilememe şartlara bağlıdır. Yöntembilimsel terimler ve zaman sınırlaması intihal davranışının önde gelen nedenleridir. İntihal, uzmanları ilgilendiren bir meseledir ve öğrenciler özellikle de atıf yapmaksızın eski çalışmalarını kullanmaları durumunda cezalandırılmamalıdırlar. Elde edilen verilere göre, kızlar erkeklere nazaran konuya daha hassas yaklaşmaktadırlar. Ayrıca, intihale ilişkin tutumlar sınıf düzeyi arttıkça daha olumluya doğru değişmektedir. Çalışma sonunda, kütüphanecilere, eğitimcilere ve politika geliştiricilere öneriler getirilmiştir

Plagiarism by students is seen as an increasing problem. The fear is that students will use the internet to obtain analysis, interpretation or even complete assignments and then submit these as their own work. Electronic plagiarism detection services may help to prevent such unfair practice but, in doing so, they create a new problem: certifying the absence of plagiarism. This article reports the results of an evaluation of one such service within an interdisciplinary school of social sciences. The article describes how the system works and the experiences of staff and students in using the service, together with an evaluation of the data generated. The key findings are that the service did identify examples of poor scholarship and unfair practice that had been missed under the usual marking system but that rigorously checking every script for plagiarism was impractical. Trust and student honesty thus remain central to a successful academic system.