Plagiarism

[gdt]

During the week I was chatting with an friend who is a junior academic in a CompSci school. Thirty percent of his time is taken with dealing with student work that is likely plagiarised and the resulting investigation, admonishment and administration.

I've often thought of honor codes -- such as that of Caltech -- as being a bit twee. But having seen the alternative, I now think that they are a fine notion.