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Originally Posted by Hans Tucker
Has plagiarism always been part of the university culture...
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I wouldn't say it's part of the "culture," exactly, but it's always been there in one form or another, just as it has everywhere else.
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...[A]nd has been bought to light with the computer age which has made it easier to pick out?
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Plagiarism has been an issue since men began scrawling on cave walls; and, as RickS wrote, the Internet has in many respects made it easier to commit but more difficult to commit successfully.