Plagiarism

1. Plagiarism is the thought of stealing someone's elses work in order to seek personal gain. In a higher education setting, it is common for college students to choose this route.

2. Combating plagiarism in a college setting

2.1. Professor and peer review of one's own work

2.2. Proper instruction of correct paraphrasing and citation methods

2.3. Motivate the individual to think of own thoughts through brain storming

3. Factual statistics and consequences of plagiarism

3.1. Statistics of plagiarism as in it being more problematic than before

3.2. Expulsion from college and/or failure of class

3.3. Legal consequences of plagiarizing

4. The causes of college students choosing to plagiarize

4.1. Easy way out to get by class

4.2. Lack of motivation to think of own ideas

4.3. Management of time and priorities