Plagiarism may be centuries old, but the
practice has certainly not lost its relevance. With a plethora of
resources and content being produced on a daily basis all of which are
easily accessible via the internet, plagiarism seems to be a growing
trend and a growing problem not only within cyberspace but also within
academic space.
Students at
Olivet University's Institute
of Technology in San Francisco are opting to help solve plagiarism, a
practice that has arguably been plaguing not only several online media
companies but also university institutions and its professors.
"All institutions deal with the universal challenges of preventing
and detecting plagiarism in student work. Cheating has become easier in
today's digital age. Copying and pasting materials from the web onto
assignments are causing concerns for faculty who have to monitor a
growing number of student in their class," read one of the University's
recent article.
The
University's website also adds that the students will present the work by the end of first quarter of 2013.
Many institutions around the world are ramping up their efforts and
investing resources in this growing issue in order to better detect and
fight off these maligned practices.
One other example is found in Nigerian Federal Universities which
have recently partnered up with an UK IT firm in order to deploy
anti-plagiarism software throughout the institutions in order to better
detect according to the
News Agency of Nigeria.
The project was spearheaded by the Committee of Vice-chancellors in Nigeria and so far it has received only praise.
Dayo Duyile, the head of the mass
communication department at Joseph Ayo Babalola University, called the
action a "good move" while other professors from other institutions such
as Ademola Onifade, director of the Centre for Environment and Science
Education at Lagos State University, lauded the initiative.
On a parallel note, plagiarism may even relate to politicians who were once students at higher institutions.
According to
The Daily Tarheel, a investigation in Russia is underway that may target plagiarism among top political figures such as President Vladimir Putin.
"Plagiarism has been a widespread problem in Russia since the Soviet
Union fell in the 1990s. The probe is the first of its kind in Russian
history," says Donald Raleigh according to the website.
Back in February, current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev informed of
this anti-plagiarism investigation into Russian Universities targeting
the fraudulent practices.
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