My Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture

Today's college students seem to operate under an entirely different set of assumptions about plagiarism than do their professors. Practices that even a decade ago would have been universally regarded as academically dishonest are now commonplace. Some recent surveys show that more than 75 percent of students admit to having cheated, while 68 percent admit to using material from the Internet without citation. For Susan D. Blum, this development is not a reflection of lowered ethical standar...