Plagiarism in higher education: The academics´ perceptions

Plagiarism and cheating are critical issues that jeopardize quality assurance in higher education. When it comes to e-learning and m-learning, fair use of information becomes even more crucial. This case study is an attempt to imprint academics´ knowledge, beliefs and strategies regarding plagiarism and cheating. It was found that most of academics were well informed but they did not spend time in their classroom to inform their students about plagiarism. Furthermore only a small percentage used plagiarism detection software even though all of them had encountered plagiarism and cheating incidents. The grand majority of the academics recognized the need to educate students and was interested in receiving complementary learning material about plagiarism.