Students may have work for sale online without even knowing it
According to an article published in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus blog, an American student recently had her paper stolen and distributed through essay mills, without her knowledge.
According to The Chronicle, “Without her knowing it, a paper that Melinda Riebolt co-wrote while getting her M.B.A. was stolen and put up for sale. And, according to an article that USA
Today reported last week, that same scenario has played out many times before.”
The article that was originally published in USA Today said, “The essay mills, surreptitiously steal work and then sell it for others to pass off as their own.”
According to The Chronicle, however, “For the first time, those who find unauthorized postings of their work online may have a way to seek legal retribution.”
The USA Today reported, “A class-action lawsuit filed in 2006 is making its way through the courts, and one judge in Illinois has found a provider liable on six counts, including fraud and copyright infringement.”
University of Zambia kicks out 200 students who have not paid fees
According to the University World News (UWN), the University of Zambia is kicking students who have not paid their university fees out of the institution.
According to the UWN, “The University of Zambia has deregistered 200 students for failing to pay their fees, the country’s deputy education minister, Clement Sinyinda, told Parliament.”
The UWN also reported, “Zambia’s parliamentary committee on science and technology has criticised the conversion of some colleges into universities.”
It was also reported that the university is ill-equipped and lacks staff. They also reported that they lack when it comes to the collaboration between education and labor and government contribution to establish a stronger relationship between the three.
USA Today says more parents are seeing Boomerang kids
The USA Today reported that more students are starting to move home than ever.
According to the USA Today, “Nearly one in seven parents with grown children say they had a boomerang kid move back home in the past year, according to a study being released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.”
USA Today reported, “In a turnabout in the rite of passage in which a college graduate finds a job and an apartment, many are returning to their parents’ empty nests because of tight finances or as they pursue an advanced degree.”
According to USA Today, “Pew’s survey and analysis of government data found that the share of adults 18-29 who lived alone declined from 7.9 per cent in 2007 to 7.3 per cent this year. Drops of that magnitude were also seen during or immediately after the recessions of 1982 and 2001.”
