2. Step 1: Defining the social problem Step 2: Gathering Evidence of the problem Step 3: Identifying the causes of the problem Step 4: Evaluating existing public policies Step 5: Developing public policies solution Step 6: Selecting the best public policy solution

3.  Plagiarism is a huge problem in schools today.

4.  Plagiarism  : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source  : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing  sourcehttp://www.merriam- webster.com/dictionary/plagiarizehttp://www.merriam- webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize

5.  “Now we have a whole generation of students who’ve grown up with information that just seems to be hanging out there in cyberspace and doesn’t seem to have an author,” said Teresa Fishman, director of the Center for Academic Integrity at Clemson University”.  “In surveys from 2006 to 2010 by Donald L. McCabe, a co- founder of the Center for Academic Integrity and a business professor at Rutgers University, about 40 percent of 14,000 undergraduates admitted to copying a few sentences in written assignments”.  “The main reason it occurs is because students leave high school unprepared for the intellectual rigors of college writing”.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.ht ml?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.ht ml?pagewanted=all&_r=0

6.  Students do not know how to correctly site sources.  It is becoming easier for students to “copy and paste” because of the internet.  Poor writing skills.  Poor researching skills.

7.  Plagiarism is not acceptable.  If you are caught plagiarizing you will have to fix your paper AND have 10 points taken off your assignment grade.

8.  Document your sources using MLA format.  DO NOT COPY ANYTHING THAT YOU DID NOT WRITE WITHOUT CORRECTLY CITING IT.

9.  General Guidelines  The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1.) upon the source medium (e.g. Print, Web, DVD) and (2.) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited (bibliography) page.

10.  (AUTHORS) Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

11.  Author and/or editor names (if available)  Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)  Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may, for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified information, like domain names [e.g..com or.net].)  Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers.  Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.  Take note of any page numbers (if available).  Medium of publication.  Date you accessed the material.  URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a URL).

12.  HOW CAN YOU AVOID PLAGIARISM?  Make a list of 5 things you can do to avoid plagiarism.