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  (Mis)Trusting Technology that Polices Integrity: A Critical Assessment of Turnitin.com  

  by:
  Michael Donnelly,
  Rebecca Ingalls,
  Tracy Ann Morse,
  Joanna Castner, and
  Anne Meade
  Stockdell-Giesler

orange square  References

1. All students are required to take three Writing Intensive courses beyond the first-year writing sequence which, according to the student handbook, “emphasize writing as a process of learning.”

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