Thanks to the Volokh Conspiracy for pointing to an article in The Daily Texan about an adjunct professor who was fired by Texas A&M International University for posting on his blog the names of students he said were guilty of plagiarism. According to the student newspaper for the University of Texas at Austin:
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 plagiarized on an essay, Young posted their names on his blog, resulting in his firing last week.
“It’s really the only way to teach the students that it’s inappropriate,” he said.
Young, a former adjunct professor of management information systems, said he believes he made the right move. He said trials are public for a reason, and plagiarism should be treated the same way. He added that exposing cheaters is an effective deterrent. …
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2 Responses to University Sacks Prof for Publicizing Names of Plagiarizers
marcleavitt - November 1, 2011 at 12:03 am
Your dortfrackets completely ensparbulate me. Seriously, your insight is quite helpful. Isn’t it true of all languages at certain points in the continuum? – Let’s say, French since the academy ossified it in the 17th century?
mbelvadi - November 1, 2011 at 12:48 pm
“If I tell you that all the quemmicks have been sparbulated by a dortfracket” – sounds just like listening to my trilingual mother-in-law who code-switches between English, Hindi, and Kannada within virtually every sentence but usually with an English basic sentence structure. Add a crackling international phone connection, and you’ve got a constant nagging feeling that you *ought* to know what she’s talking about!