Bill bans electronic sale of academic papers
By Tiffany Brooks
Legislation that would close a loophole on the sale of term papers and dissertations passed the Senate last Monday.
Sen. Ken LaValle sponsored a bill that would prohibit the sale and purchase of term papers electronically. The law, as it stands, bans the physical sale and purchase of the academic material but does not cover papers acquired online.
"There have always been students who have found ways to cheat on exams or to buy term papers," said LaValle, chairman of the Higher Education Committee. "The Internet has made academic dishonesty considerably easier and faster. It is simpler than ever before to find other people's work on a topic and pass it off as one's own with a simple copy-and-paste. Current New York state law bans the sale or purchase of dissertations and term papers but does not specifically indicate that papers obtained over the Internet or other electronic media are covered under the ban. This legislation would remove any ambiguity and would subject students or others providing such unlawful assistance to prosecution."
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