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Plagiarism is an occurrence whereby a person employs or closely replicates the language and opinions of an author without approval, and represents the work of the author as his or her own, by failing to credit the original author ("The Definition of Plagiarism"). Individuals who plagiarize risk ruining their careers and reputations, and in some extreme cases, face the danger of being arraigned in court and parting with large sums of money in the form of compensation to the affected authors…

Senioritis It was the second day of my senior year, my alarm clock starting going off and I looked over, with my eyes still trying to process what was going on, and it read 6:30 a.m. I rolled back over and put the covers over my head and fell back asleep. I realized that I was ill and senioritis had made its way to me and the symptoms were very clear. Senioritis is a disease that was finally established in the early 20th century, usually striking high school and college students causing:…

On the other hand, it can be argued by the data above, that making a global community faculty was not necessarily the goal for the participants interviewed, and this is adding up to the intrinsic value Cooper and Mitsunaga found. Global Faculty Community is sensed as another important tool to achieve a deeper and greater goal, namely, the building up of knowledge and sharing for the sake of education. Either directly or indirectly, each professor participant of this small study made such…

According to the OWL ( Nall & Gherwash, Aug 12, 2013), plagiarism is a serious problem and it is a form of academic dishonesty which involves copying of a writer’s opinions or ideas as one’s own. It can cause bad results such as failing the course, assignment, suspension or even expulsion. If people do not pay attention to their papers, plagiarism may occur accidentally. To prevent plagiarism, many schools maintain the strong standards of academic honesty. Seneca College and Niagara College also…

Comparison of Policy between Seneca College and Humber College One of the serious academic offences is plagiarism since plagiarism leads to breach of academic honesty. Plagiarism is concept that infringe the copyright. There are various ideas, concepts, and works related the copyright. If people want to reference another’s ideas, concepts, and works they should refer a citation where comes from. However, according to Parker, Lenhart, and Moore(2011), over half of college presidents announce…

In this generation, many college students are stressed from a various a number of reasons. For most students, it is the first time that they are living away from home for more than a month, so they are trying to juggle all the new responsibilities at once. But they know that even when they move away, they know that back at home people have academic expectations that they have to live up to. As the student is trying to balance their academics and responsibilities, you also have to factor in…

The Growth of Student Affairs Student Affairs The significance of learning and comprehending the historic point of view of student affairs, provides one with the insight and appreciation for the field of work; as well as, illustrates how it has evolved over time. Higher educational institutions have grown into diverse populations and assorted curricular changes (Mann, 2010). In today’s institutions student affairs professionals must respond to a variety of demands and are held accountable for…

Strategy Presentation and Gallery Walk The strategy chosen was the Morning Meeting/Community Circle/Academic Language. The five principles are apply to this scheme, and it can be utilized to all grade levels to assist students in developing the language .For instance, it focus on academic language, literacy and vocabulary, for example, in lower levels this principal promotes oral skills. It can be modified to the upper levels by creating comprehensive vocabulary skills by assigning students to…

Graduating from High School Trying to decide on where to go attend College was a big choice for me, My First option was Middlesex County College at first I didn’t want to go, but after hearing positive things about it, I decided to take advantage of the opportunity in attending an orientation in learning every information I needed to know. However, the only issue that I wasn’t aware of being that I didn’t have my driving license going to another college from a different country which requires…

searches and digging through all sorts of news websites, I finally found an interesting article from The New York Times. The title was “Why Halloween at College Is So Frightening” and was written by a man named Mark Bauerlein who teaches at Emory University. The periodical starts off by explaining the scary effects that Halloween can induce on the students and administration across many of today’s college campuses. This is particularly because…