Plagiarism
Taipei Times Reports
Plagiarism issue plagues China’s top universities
AFP , BEIJING
Thursday, Mar 16, 2006,Page 1
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Plagiarism is rampant at Chinese universities as academics are pushed to publish or perish, with their schools often covering up for them, state media said yesterday.
A recent survey of 160 doctorate holders found 60 percent had copied the work of others and the same percentage had paid in order to be published in academic journals, the China Daily reported.
Naturally, this is a matter of concern for us all because it drags down the professions in TESOL in so many ways. Our colleagues are coming under the hammer for this, even though they may have done nothing wrong. How does one fight against plagiarism?
As a journal publisher, this is a matter of real concern since publishing an article subsequently accused of plagiarism is a real knock to the journal’s reputation.
How can we combat plagiarism? I guess the best way may be by education. We need to find out what constitutes plagiarism, how to spot it in writing (even if it’s our own writing), and how to solve it by rewriting, editing, or whatever.
Comments, please!
Kenneth