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As college and university application deadlines approach, many applicants will have their application essays checked for plagiarism by Turnitin® for Admissions OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- iParadigms, the leading provider of plagiarism prevention and detection solutions, today announced that more than 100 organizations that require original writing as a part of their college application process are using Turnitin for Admissions to help them verify the...

iThenticate Welcomes its 250(th) Publisher and Now Features More Than 30 Million Scholarly Articles OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- iParadigms, creators of iThenticate and the leader in plagiarism prevention, today announced it has seen record growth in the number of publisher members and scholarly papers for its iThenticate service. More than 250 publishers rely on iThenticate to compare 2.5 million documents against a database of 30 million scholarly...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson, the world's leading learning company, today announced that several technology partners have joined OpenClass, the new learning management system (LMS) that's delivered from the Cloud. The announcement was made at EDUCAUSE 2011, the annual gathering of the world's education technology leaders. OpenClass is easy to use and completely free. There are no hardware, licensing or hosting costs, thus enabling widespread adoption of new learning...

Report examines how technology and globalization are influencing the rate of scholarly misconduct OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- iParadigms, the leader in plagiarism prevention software, today announced a new report that examines how technology and globalization are impacting the field of scholarly research. The report relies on experts in the field of scholarly research to examine some of the most pressing challenges facing researchers and publications. The study...

New study examines the growing problem of republishing and repurposing content in scholarly research OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- iParadigms, the leader in plagiarism prevention software, today announced a new study titled "The Ethics of Self-Plagiarism," an area of growing concern in the world of scholarly research. This study offers a definition of self-plagiarism and how the reuse and repurposing of research by its originator can run afoul of copyright...

World leader in plagiarism prevention software adds ETS e-rater® technology to improve students' grammar, style, usage, mechanics and spelling OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- iParadigms, creators of Turnitin®, iThenticate® and WriteCheck®, and the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, today announced it has added grammar checking to its popular WriteCheck service, which allows students to check their written work for originality and...

CINCINNATI, and OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hobsons, the leader in Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) software, and iParadigms, the leading provider of plagiarism prevention solutions, today announced that Turnitin® for Admissions is now fully integrated within Hobsons' ApplyYourself. In 2010, more than 550 admission offices used Hobsons' ApplyYourself to process applications. This fall, admission offices at undergraduate and graduate schools can verify applicant...

Powerful tool saves time for instructors by providing corrective feedback on students' written work OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- iParadigms, creators of Turnitin® and the leader in plagiarism prevention and online grading, today announced that the Educational Testing Service's (ETS) e-rater® grammar-checking technology is now available within GradeMark®, the online paperless grading tool from Turnitin that allows instructors to mark and comment on...

Business schools choose Turnitin® for Admissions integrated with ApplyYourself to verify admissions essays and discover plagiarism CINCINNATI and OAKLAND, Calif., June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hobsons, the leader in Enrollment Management Technology (EMT) software and iParadigms, the leading provider of plagiarism prevention solutions, today announced that business schools are addressing plagiarism in business school admissions essays by using Turnitin for Admissions....

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and Turnitin for Admissions partner to provide authenticity and plagiarism review as part of the college application process Alexandria, VA and Oakland, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2011 The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and iParadigms®, creator of Turnitin for Admissions®, Turnitin®, and iThenticate®, the global leader in plagiarism prevention, today announced that the Turnitin for Admissions service has...