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Why a Plagiarism-Detection Company Is Now a Billion-Dollar Business

Why a Plagiarism-Detection Company Is Now a Billion-Dollar Business | ED 262 Research, Reference & Resource Skills | Scoop.it
Stamping out student plagiarism is big business. How big? $1.735 billion, to be exact. That’s the price that Advance, a privately held media, communications, and technology company, will pay to purchase Turnitin, the 800-pound gorilla of plagiarism-detection services. Although not the largest ed-tech deal ever made, it is, in the words of one analyst, “massive.”

 

So what does the deal, announced on Wednesday, mean for higher education and for education technology? We talked with a few ed-tech observers, as well as senior officers at Turnitin and Advance, to sort it all out. Their takeaways:


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Turnitin And The Debate Over Anti-Plagiarism Software

Turnitin And The Debate Over Anti-Plagiarism Software | ED 262 Research, Reference & Resource Skills | Scoop.it
One company and its algorithms are changing the way America's schools handle classroom ethics.

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Melissa Marshall's curator insight, August 26, 2014 11:27 PM

This is an American article, but it does pose an interesting question about pitting teachers and students against each other using a service like Turnitin. If students are taught how not to plagiarise, this becomes far less of an issue. I think Turnitin and other similar software is definitely needed, but should be used like a scalpel, not a hammer!