Higher education holds a unique position in society because of its dedication to developing and disseminating knowledge through scholarship. As each discipline develops, it creates policies and practices for research, unique to its needs and distinct from those of other disciplines. Law is an independent area of scholarship, with a lengthy…

Plagiarism is certainly not new to academics, but it may be on the rise with easy access to the vast quantities of information available on the Internet. Students researching on the Internet do not have to take handwritten or typewritten notes. They can simply print out or copy and save whatever they find. They are even spared the tedium of having…

Teaching and assessment of student learning are not unrelated activities. Rather, assessment is an integral part of the learning process. Teaching is how instructors help students to discover knowledge and new ideas and ways of organizing and perceiving what they have learned. Assessment of learning incorporates the broad array of techniques that…