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Why Students Plagiarize: 5 Reasons You Probably Ignored

April 5, 2018

Last updated: October 2020

Top reasons why students plagiarize:

    1. Fear of failure.
    2. Lack of interest.
    3. Pressure.
    4. Hubris.
    5. Thrill.

Academic plagiarism is the Achilles’ heel of most educators.

You try hard to develop your students’ critical thinking and writing skills, but they continue to attempt to copy texts and ideas from others, claiming them as own. It’s like a slap in your face or a kick in your… well, any part of your body, isn’t it?

Despite the devastating consequences of academic dishonesty and strong policies against it in most institutions, students don’t realize the problem. 

Numbers speak volumes:

  • 86% of students cheat in college.
  • 54% believe it’s okay and even necessary to cheat to stay competitive.
  • 76% copy others’ assignments word for word.
  • 42% purchase papers from custom writing services.

Sounds unpromising, huh?

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