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  Academic Plagiarism
Academic plagiarism occurs when a writer repeatedly uses more than four words from a printed source without the use of quotation marks and a precise reference to the original source in a work presented as the author's own research and scholarship.
When an entire academic monograph consists of paraphrased passages, with only a few explanatory comments that frame the paraphrasing, the book is plagiarized even though the author continually refers to the original author of the material cited and does not quote the author without quotation marks.
Although recycling fraud in academic publications is a gray area many universities implicitly recognize the practice as fraudulent by publishing rules preventing students from submitting essentially the same essay for credit in different courses.
www.ucalgary.ca /~hexham/study/plag.html   (5425 words)

  
  Fraud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the broad legal sense a fraud is any crime or civil wrong for gain that utilises some deception practiced on the victim as its principal method.
In criminal law, fraud is the crime or offense of deliberately deceiving another in order to damage them — usually, to obtain property or services from him or her unjustly.
Fraud, in addition to being a criminal act, is also a type of civil law violation known as a tort.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fraud   (736 words)

  
 Policies and Procedures for Dealing With Allegations of Academic Fraud At Yale University | Office of Grant & ...
Allegations of fraud must, of course, be made with great caution; yet those who come forward with such allegations must understand that the University respects the honest exercise of their judgment.
The University believes that the academic community must do everything within its power to guard against academic fraud, and as part of that responsibility should have in place detailed and well-established procedures for dealing with allegations of academic fraud in a timely and fair manner.
If the inquiry substantiates academic fraud which is admitted by the accused, the Dean will determine what actions should be taken, including any further investigation, and the sanctions to be imposed or recommended, consistent with applicable disciplinary procedures.
info.med.yale.edu /ysm/grants/policies/academic-fraud.html   (2474 words)

  
 Academic fraud
Academic fraud is an act by a student that may result in a false academic evaluation of that student or of another student.
Allegations of fraud are submitted in writing, with supporting documentation, to the dean of the Faculty in which the student is registered.
When the allegation of fraud concerns students from more than one Faculty, the committee of inquiry consists of one professor appointed by each Faculty concerned and of one chairman jointly appointed by the deans of these faculties.
www.uottawa.ca /academic/info/regist/fraud_e.html   (1112 words)

  
 lifeissues | Academic Fraud and Conceptual Transfer in Bioethics
Scientific fraud, even by accounts of those within the field, is running rampant.
Several recent books and articles, detailing the intellectual and political woes of our elementary, secondary and university educational systems, attest to the fact that "academic fraud" is not restricted to the field of science.
I will present briefly three short examples from my own academic experiences in science and bioethics, to briefly demonstrate how the concept of "personhood", already so successfully set in the abortion debates by academia, is transferable and applicable to the issues of human embryo research and psychiatric research.
www.lifeissues.net /writers/irv/irv_10fraud1.html   (3574 words)

  
 Academic scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An academic scandal is one that exposes the unethical or erroneous work of a major academic figure, or which otherwise brings academia (or a portion thereof) into disrepute.
Academic scandal is closely related to journalistic fraud.
Michael Bellesiles forced to resign from Emory University over allegations of fabrication and academic fraud in a book he authored.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Academic_scandal   (192 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NCB - Report: Fresno State accused of academic fraud
Former Fresno State men's basketball players had academic course work written for them and some of their term papers were paid for by money funneled through a Las Vegas agent, according to a published report.
The allegations of academic fraud, reported by the Fresno Bee, were made by the team statistician who said he wrote the papers and the agent who said he made the payments, as well as some former Fresno State players.
Violations involving academic fraud would carry one of the stiffest penalties if affirmed by the NCAA, which sanctioned the University of Minnesota after violations by its men's basketball program were uncovered in 1999.
espn.go.com /ncb/news/2003/0210/1506843.html   (820 words)

  
 Academic Fraud   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Academic fraud is unacceptable within the School of Biology and students who are found to be involved in such practices will be penalized in accordance with University Policy.
The University defines academic fraud as 'deliberate deception in an academic context.' This may involve plagiarism (the act of deliberately taking another's ideas and representing them as one's own); submitting work which has been submitted in another course; falsifying data; inventing citations; and so on.
Academic Fraud is completely unacceptable in this University, and will be treated severely; all available means to detect academic fraud will be employed.
biology.st-and.ac.uk /currentStudents/fraud.php   (105 words)

  
 Townhall.com::Academic Fraud::By Linda Chavez
CU regents voted 8-1 this week to fire Churchill after a lengthy investigation that revealed a long history of academic misconduct by Churchill, including plagiarism.
Churchill's fraud was simple and straightforward: He invented facts, falsely claiming, for example, that the United States adopted a racial code to categorize Indians similar to the infamous Nuremburg Laws enacted by the Nazis.
When the university hires faculty members or admits students on the basis of skin color, when it grants degrees in pseudo-academic fields, when its obsession with "diversity" overrides its devotion to learning, it, too, is acting fraudulently.
www.townhall.com /columnists/LindaChavez/2007/07/27/academic_fraud   (1274 words)

  
 Florida State University Deptartment of History|Statement on Plagiarism & Academic Fraud   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Academic Honor Code is based on the idea, common to all respected institutions of higher learning in the western world, that the unique intellectual contributions of the individual writer are most important in judging and evaluating his or her work.
It is your responsibility as a student to guard against committing academic fraud, just as it is your responsibility as a driver to operate your vehicle safely and your responsibility as a citizen to obey the laws, even those of which you may be ignorant.
But when you submit academic work (such as examinations, homework assignments, laboratory reports and notebooks, and term papers), this work must be your work and no one else's, unless the assignment was specifically defined as a collaborative group project.
www.fsu.edu /~history/plagiarismpolicy.htm   (3949 words)

  
 University of Manitoba: Governance - Policy 1403 - Procedures for Investigating and Reporting Academic Fraud   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Members of the University who hold what they believe to be well-founded suspicions of academic fraud should normally seek an explanation of the suspicion from the person(s) involved, to identify misunderstandings.
The Vice-President (Academic) and Provost shall direct a Senior Administrator in the Office of the President with the responsibility for Research and the Dean of Graduate Studies to conduct an inquiry jointly, in confidence, to determine whether the allegation warrants an investigation.
A written report of the inquiry to the Vice-President (Academic) and Provost shall include a statement of what evidence was reviewed, summaries of relevant interviews and the conclusions as to whether or not the allegation is supported and whether or not an investigation is warranted.
www.umanitoba.ca /admin/governance/policies/section_1400/1403.shtml   (1231 words)

  
 Cronaca: Is academic fraud widespread?   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The typical academic career path (at least in the social sciences and humanities) is long, slow, and not very remunerative.
The stakes are almost always low in academe, making a few thousand dollars very attractive, to say nothing of awards in the tens of thousands (B had a $40,000 year at Stanford for finishing his wonderful book, for instance).
One reason that academic fraud seems uncommon is that it is often caught (and then hushed up) before it ever makes itself into print.
www.cronaca.com /archives/000180.html   (965 words)

  
 Academic Fraud
The Gophers were barely a year removed from the academic fraud scandal that gutted the program, led to a coaching change and left several of the remaining...
With the Gophers reeling from a massive academic fraud scandal under former coach Clem Haskins, Monson was handcuffed by NCAA sanctions and recruiting...
Minnesota was forced to erase its records from appearing in the 1996 and '98 NIT tournaments because of the academic fraud scandal under former coach Clem...
www.4newz.com /scams/Academic_Fraud.html   (5449 words)

  
 EducationGuardian.co.uk | eG weekly | Academic rivalry and fraud
After all, they argue, academic fraud has been around since the year dot and it's just coincidence that three high-profile cases come along at once.
At present, almost all academic papers are refereed by academics who have the right to remain anonymous.
Blatant fraud will always get the headlines, but David Miller, researcher at the Stirling Media Research Institute, believes that the more insidious, harder to detect, abuses are proving just as damaging to the image and quality of research.
education.guardian.co.uk /egweekly/story/0,5500,892578,00.html   (1459 words)

  
 Tech admits academic fraud in Gaines case
Tech's view of the facts surrounding Gaines' academic record is detailed in the university's response to the NCAA letter of official inquiry prepared by the NCAA enforcement staff.
Tech's conclusion is significant because academic fraud involving an institutional staff member is perhaps the most serious act of wrongdoing that can emerge from an NCAA infractions case.
According to Tech's response, the exam showed that Maskew was not deceptive when he denied being involved in academic fraud.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/98/04/15/15tech_ro-0.html   (887 words)

  
 The Honor Committee
All students at the University of Virginia are bound by the Honor Code not to commit Academic Fraud, which is a form of cheating.
For example, using a paper from a 12th grade English class for an ENWR 101 assignment is academic fraud.
Whenever in doubt about what may be considered academic fraud immediately consult with the professor.
www.student.virginia.edu /~honor/proc/fraud.html   (574 words)

  
 Bulldog Academic Fraud Alleged
Former Fresno State men's basketball players had academic course work written for them and some of their term papers were paid for by money funneled through a Las Vegas street agent, according to people who say they were directly involved.
Academic fraud is considered one of college athletics' worst transgressions because it strikes at the integrity of the university, and these violations would carry one of the stiffest penalties if affirmed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the organization that governs collegiate sports.
Mintz said he feels strongly that Felten did not condone academic fraud, and that she was under significant pressure to keep players eligible: "Katie's job was to do what she was told.
www.prosportsgroup.com /SportsAgentNews/Feb2003/News/fresno.htm   (5022 words)

  
 By all means, let's investigate academic fraud Editorial by Bill Anderson
Instead, I would like to deal with more pressing matters of what I consider to be real academic fraud, and that is being committed daily by many of the same people who claim to be shocked, SHOCKED by the goings on in university athletic departments.
The academic fraud of which I speak goes on regularly in the classroom.
After all, Harvard is an important source of much of the academic fraud that I have described in this column, and we would not want to keep that university from its vital rounds of perpetrating even more fraud.
etbj.com /archives/2002/06jun/a020603.htm   (1243 words)

  
 Definition, Academic Fraud, FGPS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Academic fraud is an act by a student which may result in a false academic evaluation of that student or of another.
Submits a work of which the student is not the author, in whole or in part (except for duly cited quotations or references).
Such works may include an academic paper, essay, test, an exam, research report, or thesis, whether written, oral, or other.
www.grad.uottawa.ca /regulations/academic_fraud/definition.html   (218 words)

  
 University of Toronto Fraud
In fact, she was always a fraud, a communistic slogan-weaver, full of envy and contempt for the doers, a parasite that should have never been allowed to come near a university.
To save this professor from jail and to save her falsified academic credit for scientific discoveries Canada closed all doors for me. In the next 20 years I had no job, my family was destroyed by the disastrous circumstances.
At this time she already plagiarized my discoveries and ideas in two other papers, and she also had published, before I left, a review paper boasting of the discoveries made by me in her laboratory, so, she could always say that the first author of one of her papers was her unsuccessful student.
ca.geocities.com /uoftfraud   (8344 words)

  
 MIT changes academic fraud policy
The principle change in the academic fraud policy, according to Assistant to the Vice President for Research Charlene M. Placido, is that the new policy is more formal.
The supplement also describes a detailed procedure by which fraud would be investigated, including time deadlines by which investigations would take place and records of the investigation be kept.
The revision of the Institute policy on academic fraud was in no way motivated by the incident in which outgoing Whitehead Institute Director David Baltimore '61 was accused of scientific misconduct for an article that he co-authored, which appeared in the scientific journal Cell in 1986, according to Smith.
www-tech.mit.edu /V110/N21/fraud.21n.html   (777 words)

  
 Committee to analyze cases of academic fraud - Minnesota Daily   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The next step in the process of renewing the academic integrity of the University is to analyze the individual cases of fraud listed in the Nov. 19 investigative report.
The University set up a four-member faculty committee last week to determine which cases were academic fraud.
But analyzing possibly hundreds of cases of academic misconduct will not be a small task.
www.mndaily.com /articles/1999/12/10/10950   (431 words)

  
 Rasmusen Weblog: Ward Churchill: Credible Claims of Academic Fraud
It seems he has indeed done something that should cost him his job, if Professor Thomas Brown's convincing exposition of Ward Churchill's fraudulent writings on Indian history is to be believed.
But the fact that the outside world didn't notice the fraud and force it upon the attention of the University until his 9-11 writings came to light should not exonerate him.
Churchill seems to be guilty of literary fraud, academic fraud, and faking his Indian heritage.
www.rasmusen.org /x/archives/000430.html   (500 words)

  
 China sets up commission to curb academic fraud   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Earlier this month, Chen Jin, a professor at Shanghai's renowned Jiao Tong University, the alma mater of former president Jiang Zemin, was fired for falsely claiming to have invented a new kind of computer chip.
Xinhua said an academic at Shanghai's Tongji University was sacked last month for faking his academic record, while a professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University was also dismissed in March for faking his academic achievements and work experience.
The new commission will not handle specific cases, but will focus on prevention of academic scandals through case studies, public hearings and supervising the establishment of monitoring organisations in local colleges nationwide.
feeds.thechinanews.net /?rid=6101436ae3c0d19b&cat=9366300fc9319e9b&f=1   (239 words)

  
 Academic Fraud - Plagiarism
Plagiarism, whether done deliberately or accidentally, is defined as presenting someone else's work, in whole or in part, as one's own, and includes the verbal or written submission of another work (for example, ideas, wording, code, graphics, music, and inventions) without crediting that source.
I understand that plagiarism, whether done deliberately or accidentally, is defined as presenting someone else's work, in whole or in part, as one's own, and includes the verbal or written submission of another work (for example, ideas, wording, code, graphics, music, and inventions) without crediting that source.
I understand that the facilitation of plagiarism, that is, one student sharing his or her work with other students, is also considered an act of plagiarism.
teaching.idallen.com /plagiarism.html   (885 words)

  
 Acknowledging Academic Fraud
With more and more academics finding serious errors and flaws in his research and a few former supporters rescinding their praise, why won’t the jury of his peers who awarded him the prestigious Columbia University’s 2001 Bancroft Prize reconsider their decision?
Skinner found that none were interested in rethinking their choice and most were uncooperative.
Columbia University should rescind the 2001 Bancroft Prize and the public record should be amended to ensure that generations to come are aware of Bellesiles’ deception and deceit.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=1329   (763 words)

  
 EssayFraud.org - Overseas Term Paper Ripoff Scams and Essay Fraud
Therefore, it is the completely honest consumer who can be accused of academic fraud because his/her cited sources are not genuine.
According to the Academic Integrity standards of the HSPH at Harvard University:
does not endorse/promote plagiarism or academic fraud by suggesting that the company's example writing, research, ideas, and/or sample papers may be submitted for academic credit, will receive good grades, enable students to pass a course, or unduly facilitate graduation.
www.essayfraud.org /members.html   (803 words)

  
 another blog is possible » Blog Archive » David Horowitz, academic fraud   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This database is so full of false information that one could make the case that Horowitz is one of the biggest intellectual frauds around.
Lately he has been involved in a campaign to get laws protecting academic freedom passed by various states.
Horowitz’s campaign for the “Academic Bill of Rights” (sic) is being greeted with organized opposition by academics.
chuck.mahost.org /weblog/?p=1164   (620 words)

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