Discussions of Reading
All Duquesne faculty, staff and teaching assistants are welcome to attend!
Book Study: My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture
Presenter: Laverna Saunders (Library & Academic Integrity Committee) and Barbara Adams (Library & Academic Integrity Committee)
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 12:15 - 1:30
Location: 202 Gumberg Library
Professors are reminded almost daily that many of today's college students operate under an entirely new set of assumptions about originality and ethics. Practices that even a decade ago would have been regarded almost universally as academically dishonest are now commonplace. Is this development an indication of dramatic shifts in education and the larger culture? In a book that dismisses hand-wringing in favor of a rich account of how students actually think and act, Susan D. Blum discovers two cultures that exist, often uneasily, side by side in the classroom . . . My Word! opens a dialogue between professors and their students that may lead to true mutual comprehension and serve as the basis for an alignment between student practices and their professors' expectations. (Publishers Summary)
The first ten people to register will receive a free copy of the book.
[Co-sponsored by the Academic Integrity Committee and Gumberg Library]
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