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- A New Tool to Catch Plagiarism in Admissions Essays
- Chronicle of Higher Ed web column, "Wired Campus." By Kelly Truong. "A few college admissions committees are ramping up efforts to detect dishonest applicants."
- Penn State cracks down on application plagiarism
- College News web column. By Janelle Vreeland. "After 30 applicants stole from the same essay, Penn State enlists the help of plagiarism detecting software."
- Finding Applicants Who Plagiarize
- Inside Higher Ed web news column. By Scott Jaschik, Editor. "It wasn't that hard for admissions officers for the M.B.A. program at Pennsylvania State University to figure out that they had a plagiarism problem this year."
- Turnitin for Admissions - Kids these days
- ZDNet web column, "ZDNet Education." By Christopher Dawson."Summary: Turnitin for Admissions is ready for prime time. Just adopted by the Penn State MBA program, it provides powerful tools to ensure that the best, brightest, and most ethical get into our best universities."
- Penn State Checking MBA Application Essays for Plagiarism
- BusinessWeek Business School Admissions web column, "Getting In." By Louis Lavelle. "Back in January, I wrote a blog post about a new service that checks application essays for signs of plagiarism by running them through a huge database of previously submitted essays and other works."
- Penn State MBA Applications Screened Using ʻTurnitin for Admissionsʼ
- Global Leader Selected by Smeal College of Business to Screen MBA Applicant Essays for Plagiarized and Unoriginal Content OAKLAND, Calif. – June 21, 2010 – iParadigms, creator of Turnitin for Admissions®, Turnitin®, and iThenticate® and the global leader in plagiarism prevention, today announced that its Turnitin for Admissions service has been selected by the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
- "Hubbub Explainer: Suspect Plagiarism? Turnitin."
- Follow up to the NPR interview on the blog "Hubbub Explainer: Suspect Plagiarism? Turnitin." By Andrew Phelps NPR Boston.
- A Culture Of Plagiarism, Fraud In Academia"
- Ex-Harvard student Adam Wheeler is accused of what the authorities say is an elaborate and calculated lie about his academic record. Jeff Lorton with Turnitin for Admissions interviewed By Andrew Phelps on the Boston National Public Radio show, "Radio Boston", hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti.
- Plagiarism Patrol "Exactly How Personal Is That Personal Statement?"
- New York Times, Education Life section; Blackboard Column "Talk about chutzpah. The admissions director for Penn State's M.B.A. program, Carrie Marcinkevage, recalls..."
- College Applications: Plagiarism or Playing the Game
- Today's Campus Online, "Damning evidence indicates that college applicants are cheaters." by Tom Robinson, Editor
- Plagiarism May Be Rife in Higher Ed Applications
- Campus Technology, "Plagiarism appears to be endemic in applications,..." by Dian Schaffhauser March 1,2010
- Turnitin Stops Application Plagiarism
- Stacy Blackman Consulting website column: The days of recycling, repurposing, lifting or otherwise finessing application content that is not completely 100% original-a.k.a. plagiarizing-may soon be at an end...
- Turnitin Begins Crackdown on Plagiarism in Admissions Essays
- BusinessWeek Business School Admissions website column, "Getting In." "Turnitin Begins Crackdown on Plagiarism in Admissions Essays" by Louis Lavelle January 20, 2010.
- iParadigms Announces Turnitin for Admissions™
- Admissions officers can rapidly verify originality of application materials OAKLAND, Calif. - December 1, 2009 -- iParadigms today announced Turnitin for Admissions, a web-based tool that enables admissions officers to rapidly detect plagiarism and assess the originality of student application materials to college and university programs.
