The university released the name of professors that were involved with plagiarizing the NSF grant. The university tried to cover up the issue by not being up front when the university had to give back the grant. This brings into question if students can trust the university on any issue.

Math professor Douglas Lapp and former professor Azita Manouchehri were identified as the individuals responsible for violating the research integrity policy while writing a grant proposal, according to investigative documents obtained by Central Michigan Life.

The university should hold its faculty to the same standard that it holds its students when it comes to plagiarism. The professors caught cheating should make up the difference they are costing the university.

Turnitin.com has been replaced by SafeAssign, a plagiarism prevention service offered by Blackboard.

Duane Kleinhardt, manager of IT Communications, said since it is a part of Blackboard licensing, CMU is eliminating the contract with Turnitin.com, which cost $23,329 last year.