Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education,Used

From the Back Cover Plagiarism takes an indepth look at the history of plagiarism in higher education in light of today's Webbased plagiarism detection services. Challenging the widespread assumption that plagiarism is a simple matter of student cheating or scriptural error, Bill Marsh argues that today's teachers and educational institutions may be cheating themselves and their students in pursuing quickfix solutions to the socalled epidemic of student plagiarism. When students submit papers cribbed from materials found on the Web or purchase research papers from Internet paper mills, these acts of sedition must also be recognized, for better or worse, as examples of newmedia composition techniques. Examining Webbased plagiarism detection services and software such as Glatt, EVE, PlagiarismFinder, and Turnitin.com, Marsh contends that these services regulate writing and reading practices in ways consistent with precomputer, even preindustrial, efforts to manage and refine human behavior. As he weaves together print history, education, rhetoric, and communication theory, Marsh shows that the rules governing plagiarism and the proper use of borrowed materials have their origins in early intellectual property law, in the reading practices of twelfthcentury monks, and the precepts of medieval alchemy. Through an examination of these prescholastic models, this book calls for a revised approach to academic writing in computermediated environments. "Most academics have not moved past nineteenth and twentiethcentury ideas about plagiarism. This book could help bring many into postmillennial thinking about this controversial topic." Deborah H. Burns, Merrimack College "I appreciate the way the author has explored and complicated the many different facets of plagiarism, including the highprofile cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin. In addition, Marsh's discussion of the historical underpinnings of our modern (and postmodern) notions of plagiarism is thorough and convincing, helping put the problem of plagiarism into perspective." Lise Buranen, coeditor of Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World Product Description An indepth look at the history of plagiarism in light of todays Webbased plagiarism detection services. Review Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education does important work in several areas and is well worth reading Each chapter adds value and perspective to current scholarship on teaching and learning. Issues in Writingconvincingly makes the case that academic institutions need to revise their policies regarding borrowing in light of computermediated environments. SirReadaLot.orgMost academics have not moved past nineteenth and twentiethcentury ideas about plagiarism. This book could help bring many into postmillennial thinking about this controversial topic. Deborah H. Burns, Merrimack CollegeI appreciate the way the author has explored and complicated the many different facets of plagiarism, including the highprofile cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin. In addition, Marshs discussion of the historical underpinnings of our modern (and postmodern) notions of plagiarism is thorough and convincing, helping put the problem of plagiarism into perspective. Lise Buranen, coeditor of Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World About the Author Bill Marsh is Assistant Professor of English at St. Johns University.