Plagiarism is a form of theft in which a person takes someone's ideas or writings and does not acknowledge them for doing so. There are several tools available at Franklin University to help students avoid plagiarism, such as, the APA documentation style and a website called turnitin.com. Turnitin.com is a type of writing in which students can submit a paper or essay and the website will check for similarities between it and other …showed first 75 words of 384 total…

…showed last 75 words of 384 total…group information. Some of those 16 students also could be punished. The students accused of plagiarism will have three months to respond to the charges, then nine months to remove the plagiarism from their theses. If that doesn't happen, the committee will recommend that the master's degree be revoked. (THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Copyright (c) 2006 the Dispatch Printing Co.) References: Kathy Lynn Gray, April 1, 2006 Plagiarism confirmed at OU, 01C. Retrieved April 22, 2006, from THE (OH) COLUMBUS DISPATCH database.