Turnitin.com in the Economics Department

• Turnitin first used by QED in 2004/05 following experience of a Teaching Fellow in winter term 2004.

• Brief search revealed that McGill and U of T were using Turnitin institution wide.

• QED used Turnitin independently 2004/05 - 2010/11. o Cost paid out of department budget: (approx.) $600 department fee + $1.75 /

student (for 750 - 1,000 student papers).

• Summer 2011 department chair refused to pay increasing cost (approximately $3/student).

• I tried to organize individual departments to sign on to QED license and share fixed department fee: School of Religion, POLS, PYSC, GPHY. When final cost became clear, only ECON was prepared to pay. We moved to a free service for 2011/12: Viper.com

• Viper.com was inadequate.

• Jim Lee played a key role in passing responsibility on to ITS (Jim Lesslie).

• In 2012/13 ITS offered to cover institution fee if departments willing to cover per student fee. ECON has signed on to ITS program for past three years.

o 15 courses (range in size from 140 - 15 students) o 750 - 1,000 students o instructors given the opportunity to sign on at beginning of academic year o In every year of use Turnitin.com reports have initiated at least 1 AI investigation

(average 2-3 investigations).

• Students informed of use of Turnitin.com on UG web page, course web pages, course syllabi, and instructors use lecture time to inform students of role of Turnitin. Students more aware of AI issues.

• Formalizes search for plaigarism. Search patterns and evidence less subjective. Centralizes AI enforcement in UG Studies office: consistency, time saving, centralized information.

• Although we do not advertize the fact, students can (and do) "opt out" - search handled manually.

• Instructors like Turnitin (and the centralization of much of the AI enforcement work into UG Studies office).

• Students like Turnitin (or at least they don't complain) because enforcement and evidence less subjective.

• Big negatives are the administrative effort in the UG Studies office and $$$.

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LEGAL INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR AFFECT ON THE

ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES AND

FRANCE IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

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Ian Keay ECON 232 By March 24,2009 The nineteenth century saw the evolution of mankind from a simple farmer to a technologicallyadvanced civilization. It was driven by a thirst to achieve economic prosperity and grow the humanintellect to form a viable foundation for the future development of the race. During this century longprocess, there were certain countries that were able to make this transition while others could notmake this marked leap. There has long since been extensive debate as to what triggered andcatalyzed this growth in certain countries while rendering others unable to take advantage of theprogress in the period. Historians have focused on a wide array of characteristics like geographicattributes, factor endowments, institutions and human capital. Lately however, there has been anincreased focus on institutions and how they

account for differences in economic performance acrossnations. This concept has been applied broadly,

encompassing the political and legal framework thatprovides the basic formal rules and laws within whichindividuals and firms operate.

Many specific contrasts in institutions have been proposed to be potentially significant, including thedegree of democracy, the extent of rent seeking, security in property rights, and the inclination to beentrepreneurial. 1 Thus institutions which may have been neglected, if not ignored, by the historicalcommunity for a long time, economists have now come to take it for granted that institutions play asignificant role in the

economic growth and must be part of any explanationof

convergence. Of all the facets of the institutional framework of a nation, the legal infrastructureprovides the critical backbone which is required upon which all other functions and transactions arebuilt. And thus this paper delves into how economic growth can be and is brought about theworkings of the field of law. 1

Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Institutions, Factor Endowments,and Paths of Development in the New World.

(http://www.inwent.org/ef-texte/instn/sokoloff.htm)

The fields of economics and law share a natural relationship in their workings.

On the one hand, the theoretical and empirical methodsof economics have been used to solve a variety ofproblems and issues concerning the law, not only historicallybut also in the contemporary society. And on the other hand,proper law bodies are required for the economic well being