Dec

15

Careful Whom You Email!

Posted by: | December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Want to email professors asking them to take a stance on a particular college-related issue?  Not a safe idea if you attend Michigan State University.  The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (“FIRE”) reported last week that a member of the student government at M.S.U. was found guilty of violating the university’s “spam” policy, which [...]

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Dec

2

Professor Fired for Humiliating Students for Plagiarism

Posted by: | December 2, 2008 | 5 Comments

From the Daily Texan a couple of weeks ago: Texas A&M International University in Laredo fired a professor for publishing the names of students accused of plagiarism. In his syllabus, professor Loye Young wrote that he would “promptly and publicly fail and humiliate anyone caught lying, cheating or stealing.” After he discovered six students had [...]

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