Plagiarism may be centuries old, but the practice has certainly not lost its relevance. With a plethora of resources and content being produced on a daily basis all of which are easily accessible via the internet, plagiarism seems to be a growing trend and a growing problem not only within cyberspace but also within academic space.
Students at Olivet University's Institute of Technology in San Francisco are opting to help solve plagiarism, a practice that has arguably been plaguing not only several online media companies but also university institutions and its professors.
"All institutions deal with the universal challenges of preventing and detecting plagiarism in student work. Cheating has become easier in today's digital age. Copying and pasting materials from the web onto assignments are causing concerns for faculty who have to monitor a growing number of student in their class," read one of the University's recent article.
The University's website also adds that the students will present the work by the end of first quarter of 2013.
Many institutions around the world are ramping up their efforts and investing resources in this growing issue in order to better detect and fight off these maligned practices.
One other example is found in Nigerian Federal Universities which have recently partnered up with an UK IT firm in order to deploy anti-plagiarism software throughout the institutions in order to better detect according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The project was spearheaded by the Committee of Vice-chancellors in Nigeria and so far it has received only praise.
Dayo Duyile, the head of the mass communication department at Joseph Ayo Babalola University, called the action a "good move" while other professors from other institutions such as Ademola Onifade, director of the Centre for Environment and Science Education at Lagos State University, lauded the initiative.
On a parallel note, plagiarism may even relate to politicians who were once students at higher institutions.
According to The Daily Tarheel, a investigation in Russia is underway that may target plagiarism among top political figures such as President Vladimir Putin.
"Plagiarism has been a widespread problem in Russia since the Soviet Union fell in the 1990s. The probe is the first of its kind in Russian history," says Donald Raleigh according to the website.
Back in February, current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev informed of this anti-plagiarism investigation into Russian Universities targeting the fraudulent practices.
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