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March 09, 2006
Heartening news
I've seen many reports of students objecting to compulsory plagiarism-detection services, and in one case, an individual student succeeded in resisting. But to my knowledge, this is a first: students overturning an institutional adoption of plagiarism detection programs. [Via Plagiarism Resource Site, with thanks to Michael Halloran for the link.]
A Halifax-area university is banning computer software designed to help catch plagiarists.It's a testament to the power of collective action, and a reminder of the need for activism in institutional plagiarism policies and procedures.
Student leaders at Mount Saint Vincent University in Bedford have been lobbying to stop professors from using the online database turnitin.com, and the university's senate voted in their favour Monday.
"Students go to university for a higher education. They don't go to be involved in a culture of mistrust, a culture of guilt," said Chantal Brushett, president of the students' union.
Posted by senioritis at March 9, 2006 07:11 AM