Student Plagiarism Analysis
In the articles “Academic Integrity and Student Plagiarism :a Question of Education, Not Ethics” by Susan D. Blum, and the article “Studies find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception” by Richard Perez-Pena both talk about cheating and academic dishonesty. This topic is worthy of discussion because it will teach students and professors about cheating and why it happens and how to stop cheating. Perez-Pena and Blum both have similar ideas but they also have a lot of different ideas. In “Academic Integrity and Student Plagiarism: a Question of Education, Not Ethics” Susan Blum discusses the attitudes surrounding the growing issue of plagiarism on college campuses. First Blum argues that traditional methods of dealing with
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Both Blum and Perez-Pena think that there is a growing problem of academic dishonesty and agree that institutions don't deal with it effectively. Perez-Pena believes that when students transition for high school to college they aren't being educated about cheating and the institutes also make the boundaries unclear of what is cheating and what's not (2). Blum believes that students today are the new generation with a new perspective on cheating (1). Nevertheless, the two authors disagree about whose fault it is, Blum believes that students have a lack of education while Perez-Pena thinks that it’s the parents, teachers, and internets fault. Blum thinks that students don't have a clear meaning of “academic integrity” (1), and she thinks that writing professors struggle to teach proper citation (2). Perez-Pena thinks that the internet has made cheating easier and has changed attitudes toward ownership of materials (1). In the end, both articles can be compared and contrast in different ways. In conclusion, I think that cheating is the fault of teachers not teaching proper citation and students wanting to get a high GPA. I think that they both have solid points but Perez-Pena was wrong when he said that parents worry more about happiness. By me reading this I have learned more about cheating and plagiarizing are a problem for not just people who go to
Both Blum and Perez-Pena think that there is a growing problem of academic dishonesty and agree that institutions don't deal with it effectively. Perez-Pena believes that when students transition for high school to college they aren't being educated about cheating and the institutes also make the boundaries unclear of what is cheating and what's not (2). Blum believes that students today are the new generation with a new perspective on cheating (1). Nevertheless, the two authors disagree about whose fault it is, Blum believes that students have a lack of education while Perez-Pena thinks that it’s the parents, teachers, and internets fault. Blum thinks that students don't have a clear meaning of “academic integrity” (1), and she thinks that writing professors struggle to teach proper citation (2). Perez-Pena thinks that the internet has made cheating easier and has changed attitudes toward ownership of materials (1). In the end, both articles can be compared and contrast in different ways. In conclusion, I think that cheating is the fault of teachers not teaching proper citation and students wanting to get a high GPA. I think that they both have solid points but Perez-Pena was wrong when he said that parents worry more about happiness. By me reading this I have learned more about cheating and plagiarizing are a problem for not just people who go to