Plagiarism : alchemy and remedy in higher education

Marsh, Bill 1964- (Author).

Summary: "Plagiarism takes an in-depth look at the history of plagiarism in higher education in light of today's Web-based plagiarism detection services. Challenging the widespread assumption that plagiarism is a simple matter of student cheating or scriptural error, Bill Marsh argues that today's teachers and educational institutions may be cheating themselves and their students in pursuing quick-fix solutions to the so-called epidemic of student plagiarism."--Jacket.

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ISBN: 9780791480373
ISBN: 0791480372
ISBN: 142946576X
ISBN: 9781429465762
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 176 pages)
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Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: Introduction : understanding plagiarism -- 1. "A flurry of fascination" : the (anti)plagiarism cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Anatomy of a literary crime -- strange mix of contempt and sympathy -- Temptations and their consequences -- Of echoes, settlements, and surveillance machines -- Conclusion : fascination revisited -- 2. plagiarism debate : history and contexts -- Plagiarism defined -- Authorship, ownership, and writing -- Plagiarism and "societal control" -- Conclusion : writing conventions -- 3. Plagiarism in the early-twentieth-century "new university" -- Learning to write in the "new university" -- "golden era" of plagiarism litigation -- Plagiarism and the modern "research attitude" -- Conclusion : plagiarism as error -- 4. Plagiarism and the alchemical tradition -- Alchemy, divinity, and Christian remedy -- Remedium and the birth of scholastic reading -- Reading Montaigne reading -- Conclusion : transmutation in the new university -- 5. How to avoid plagiarism -- How to read writing handbooks -- Discipline and credit -- Quote, paraphrase, and summary -- Conclusion : synthesis and alchemical transmutation -- 6. Plagiarism, research writing, and the spirit of inquiry -- Assaying Montaigne in the modern essay -- Good writing habits and the experience of inspired sermonizing -- Plagiarism and the patchwriting ferment -- Conclusion : preliminary recommendations for research writing instruction -- 7. Internet plagiarism and plagiarism detection -- Computers, the Internet, and the plagiarism "epidemic' -- Plagiarism detection software -- Turnitin.com and the scriptural enterprise of plagiarism detection -- Conclusion : Turnitin.com in the "managed" university.
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