Table 2 Actions taken by Mzuzu University to deal with plagiarism
From: Why do postgraduate students commit plagiarism? An empirical study
Sactions/actions | Applied by academics | Preference by students | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very commonly | Commonly | Not common | Never | Agree | Disagree | Not sure | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Give warning | 32 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 88.7 | 7.5 | 3.8 |
Simply give no credit/marks | 16.7 | 20.8 | 45.8 | 16.7 | 44.2 | 38.5 | 17.3 |
Rewrite and resubmit assignment | 16.7 | 37.5 | 41.7 | 4.2 | 75.5 | 15.1 | 9.4 |
Repeat course | 0 | 16.7 | 54.2 | 29.2 | 34 | 49.1 | 17 |
Suspension | 0 | 8.3 | 50 | 41.7 | 24.5 | 58.5 | 17 |
Expulsion/dismissal from University/College | 0 | 4.3 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 15.4 | 73.1 | 11.5 |
No action Taken | 20.8 | 16.7 | 25 | 37.5 | 3.9 | 90.2 | 5.9 |