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• Boston, You're Our Home

  April 16, 2013

  Yesterday in Software Secure's hometown of Boston, a senseless act took the lives of 3 people and injured over a hundred others during our city's beloved event, the Boston Marathon.
  
  Software Secure has heard from concerned clients, former colleagues and friends inquiring about our employees in the wake of the ...

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• An Integrity Manifesto

  March 26, 2013

  In a recent online discussion on the International Center for Academic Integrity's (ICAI) listerv, there were many suggestions offered by participants from various institutions regarding ways to deter academic dishonesty in their individual classrooms and institutions, and how to manage the impacts of reporting integrity violations. One thing was clear ...

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• Honor at Harvard

  August 31, 2012

  The Boston Globe reported on Thursday August 30, 2012, that Harvard University is investigating 125 students out of a class of 250, accused of cheating on a take-home final exam. The students are accused of collaborating and or copying classmates’ answers in violation of the exam rules printed on the ...

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• Academic Integrity in the 21st Century - Part II: 5 Practical Approaches to Ensuring Exam Integrity Online

  April 24, 2012

  In Part I, we took a look at the trends in online exam integrity that I predict will be important in the upcoming year and beyond. I’ve had some time to review recent data and reflect upon the feedback we got from our Edubrief Webinar to come up with ...

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• The State of Academic Integrity in the New Millenium - Part I

  January 30, 2012

  Integrity in Crisis

  Academic integrity in our education system is in a state of crisis. The year 2011 placed issues of cheating in the spotlight; the media is rife with news exposing cheating on exams, whether exams in a particular course, for professional certification, or entrance into college. It is ...

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• Panel: Harnessing Technology to Protect Institutional Integrity

  January 27, 2012

  Doug Winneg, CEO and Founder of Software Secure (shown here far right) featured on panel at the USDLA Presidents' Forum at the United States Chamber of Commerce today. Great discussion, and looking forward to providing our post-conference perspective.

   

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• What's in a word?

  December 15, 2011

  Merriam-Webster released its Word of the Year today for 2011 - Pragmatic. A word meaning "practical as opposed to idealistic". I can't help but think about how this applies to academic integrity in education today. "Pragmatic is not associated with any one event but instead describes "an admirable quality ...

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• The Time is Now

  October 18, 2011

  Our prospects and customers have continued to tell us that exam security and particularly online exam security is rising in importance to their institutions. I’ve heard the words “exam integrity” along with “student convenience”, more in the last six months, than I have in all of Software Secure’s existence.
  
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• The Backspin on Cheating Online

  August 31, 2011

  Serena Williams was interviewed on national television after her 2011 first round US Open Tennis tournament match. She indicated that she was a little concerned about her focus because she was starting classes during the tournament. When asked which classes, she said they were online classes, so she was ...

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• Faculty members are being put in a position to cheat our students!

  August 01, 2011

  The July 21, 2011 Chronicle of Higher Education article, NYU Prof Vows Never to Probe Cheating Again – and Faces a Backlash, describes how NYU Stern School of Business Professor Panagiotis Ipeirotis publicly announced his decision to no longer pursue students known to be cheating in his class because ...

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