Term-Paper Black Market Taking Off Online /
Arlene Levinson.
- Associated Press Newsfeatures, 2001. Knight-Ridder, 2001. Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2001.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 18. Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
This MARC record contains three articcles. Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Term-Paper Black Market Taking Off Online, Sept. 3, 2001; pp. D1+. Originally Published: A College Test: How to End Epidemic of Cheating Students, April 22, 2001; pp. E1+. Originally Published: Chips and Cheating, Aug. 30, 2001; pp. T1+.
TERM-PAPER BLACK MARKET TAKING OFF ONLINE -- "Selling term papers is illegal in Florida and 16 other states; New Jersey violators face a $1,000 civil penalty....Yet the longstanding trade in term papers is proliferating on the Internet (type 'term paper' into any search engine), and research suggests as many as one in 10 college students have turned in a paper straight from the Web." (PALM BEACH POST) This article probes into the selling of term papers, especially on the Internet, and examines the debate regarding whether or not the practice is legal and ethical. A COLLEGE TEST: HOW TO END EPIDEMIC OF CHEATING STUDENTS -- "Not only is cheating widespread and largely tolerated in high schools, but it is also quickly migrating to the Internet, where technology is raising new moral questions and creating dangerous ambiguities. And while Internet cheating is not yet endemic in college, watch out. Today's high school students will surely bring it with their backpacks." CHIPS AND CHEATING -- "As long as there have been students, there have been cheaters...Academic dishonesty persists--and new technology, from the Internet to personal digital assistants, makes cheating easier than ever." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines how cheating students are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their use of using high-tech tools and methods.