Zasursky for a new system of anti-plagiarism for graduate theses

Ivan Zasursky (head of the Department of New Media and Communication Theories at the Journal Department of Moscow State University) advocates reducing the number of plagiarized dissertations by students. And he believes that in order to achieve this, they need to be openly published.

On March 13th, Ivan Zasursky spoke in favor of introducing new procedures for graduate thesis submissions at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. According to him, if the theses are published on open access that will reduce the possibility of plagiarism and greatly improve the labor market system.

According to him, if the works are published on open portals or services of the university, the employer himself can visit the necessary resource and evaluate the level of training of a potential employee. In the end it would lead to more effective and competitive hiring and open up the potential for high-skilled jobs.

"Nobody writes any diplomas, nobody writes any coursework: they are just some cash registers that are spread out over semesters," Zasursky said. - For the last 20 years, perhaps, our education system has been producing specialists of the same profile - specialists in false reporting. Because that's the only thing that unites universities in all fields."

To address this problem, as early as 2013, Zasursky  along with his team founded the In-Demand Education project. It was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The technological platform for access to works was also developed as part of the project's activities.  He asked members of the Russian OC to encourage universities and students to voluntarily participate in the pilot phase of the project in the 2015-2016 academic year. According to Zasursky, in 2016-2017 the project should be implemented as a mandatory one, ensuring the full participation of employers in determining the subjects of competitions.

Source: RIAnews