Texas A&M Laredo fires teacher for blogging names of plagiarisers

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Last I checked, plagiarism gets you tossed from school, at very least.

I think humiliation and keeping the ability to continue school is a better option, and lesson.

Depends on each school's codes of ethics, and how much are profs vigilant of plagiarism (let's face it, some profs are lazy @ssholes who do not read all they grade), etc. It can go from what you suggest (reprimand, fail course, stay in school) to full blown expulsion from the university.

What I do think we need is more introductory and perhaps compulsory courses (at least a 2 hour workshop) on academic integrity. The current generation of college students has grown up with very different way of conceptualizing "ownership". Examples: fan-fiction, music smash, etc. Academic integrity also seems to have a cultural tint to it: some students from, say China, really had problems relating to the notion of reference and -again- ownership of ideas. It is a big retraining for everyone involved.

OK, off my soapbox and will now go outside and smoke.

[Niels Bohr 72]

I remembered when I first started in the company. I submitted an idea, and brought it forth to my boss. He thought it was a freshly conceived idea since he was not aware of it from his 35 years in the field. Well, it turned out a few guys from the competitor called my boss, me, and their lawyers and sat at a round table to discuss the problem. It was regarding a patent that I used within a paper that I didn't even know it existed. It was implemented into the design.

There are hundreds of articles submitted on a weekly basis. It's very difficult for me to track the history. But, the company and the competitor just settled with us.

Man, it was one mistake that I sought the advice of my previous professors to counsel on. I remembered I ran to his office out of breath, almost in a panic. He said, "calm down, lets discuss this..."

I'm still with the company. They didn't retaliate on me or anything because it was a minute detail in the paper that nobody caught.

[Ban Hammer 14,573]

Because Len was Joe Biden's professor.

wow len is old!

[Teacher Mark 53]

Because Len was Joe Biden's professor.

Damn you HAL, I was going to make a Biden crack.

[DeadPoolX 9]

Students' names are indeed protected by FERPA, and those regulations are ferocious. If they selected their names NOT to be released from the university's central database, the prof totally fvcked up. Idiot. You can't even post grades outside your office with students' names.

Although when it comes to plagiarism; I am quite extreme. FAIL. You steal a piece, you fail the course. Pretty effing simple. And you get routed to the University's Ethics council or whichever similar body. And if you get kicked out, I won't cry one tear.

The entire time I was in college, that was the rule too. What's interesting about that is I remember my parents telling me how professors used to post grades outside classrooms with student names attached or even use social security numbers to identify students.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Because Len was Joe Biden's professor.

wow len is old!

#######. My cover and fake pictures are now exposed :crying: