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...have computer aids comparing English and philosophy papers," he says. "If some English professor wanted to use [the software], we'd give it to them, and it would be equally effective...
Sheiber says other schools are starting to use similar systems to analyze papers in the humanities, including services offered on the Internet. One such site, plagiarism.org, does line-by-line analysis of student papers, noting passages that are similar to material currently offered...
While the similarity-checking software may not be widely used at Harvard, other colleges routinely use analogous programs to curb cheating in their CS departments...
Although not all computer science professors use the system, it is currently in use in five courses with 200 to 300 students each...
Nevertheless, both parties could have dealt with the name issue without jeopardizing the already fragile bailout talks. Instead of sending a terse letter to the state asserting Harvard's right to the use of its name, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 could have found a more tactful way of bringing the issue to the table--perhaps after HPHC's future was a little more secure. Similarly, one wonders whether legal recourse was the only option available to the state...