Plagiarism On College Campuses

Since the era of technology has revolutionized the world, one can google anything. This has made it easier to catch those who plagiarize a simple sentence. Causing extreme consequences like terminating a student’s school or future job careers. Plagiarism has grown, as one recollects the recent incident of Melania Trump copy writing the First Lady, Michelle Obama speech in the Republican Convention. As one expected she did not receive a “career ending” consequence unlike, if a student in an Ivy League University would have received if they did the same. Therefore this demonstrates that with power, one can do as they please. Most importantly it illustrates the flaws there is in the American school system. Instead of costing these students their school careers, the school system needs to implement regulations that will prevent students from …show more content…
This leads to major miscommunication, in many cases the students end up plagiarizing. On the following Journal of College Student Development, professors Scanlon and Neumann conduct a survey on plagiarism and cheating. They state,
“The Internet may be exacerbating the long-standing problem of student plagiarism on college campuses. Moreover, Internet plagiarism raises important questions of academic integrity as students—as well as faculty—frequently turn to online sources, and it foregrounds issues related to the correct handling and citation of online sources.” (374) which raises another problem in the plagiarist world. Often times the issue these “delinquents” have, is not knowing the correct way of citing a source. Put this inadequate knowledge of citing and a stressed out student with the ease of clicking around in finding a quick solution. Plagiarism will happen, which is often times is the case. That is why going back before the internet, it may improve from plagiarism occurring in the first