Colleges use software programs to catch cheaters

The Oakland Tribune reports:

downtown Oakland-based iParadigms has developed a program to scan students' papers, asserting that it is "recognized as the worldwide standard for preventing Internet plagiarism." The company's Web-based program, TurnItIn.com, is designed to identify papers containing unoriginal material.

This battle over cheating and how to prevent it has been fought in classrooms, academic senates, legislatures and courtrooms.

Anyone interested in higher education should read this one.