Australia's universities wrestle with criticism that they're cutting corners to attra

A Tarnished Reputation

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Australia's universities wrestle with criticism that they're cutting corners to attract foreign students

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i08/08a03901.htm

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In part:

Emphasis mine

 

We discussed this situation a few years ago. Here are some other links:

Cash-cow campuses

The Newcastle plagiarism scandal

Uni ignored claims of cheating, ICAC told

So Newcastle is thoroughly disgraced.

The disease has spread much further though. I took an IS class at USQ where many students were horrified (and complaining aggressively) when the instructor marked them down for preparing their papers by cutting and pasting directly from the Internet. One of the complaints from many was that they had taken 5 or 10 (or whatever) USQ courses in the past and nobody had ever dared to criticize their cut-and-paste methodology. What an insult to be asked to write in one's own words! What an old-fashioned, out-of-touch, primitive man this instructor was!