10.23.2003
Under Silber, student quality improved
Part four of five in the Daily Free Press' series on Chancellor John Silber, former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate.
ALSO: File-sharing drops.
And James Johnson, professor of history, writes an a letter to the editor against the professional classnote-takers, Beantown Notes (currently being sued by the university):
ALSO: File-sharing drops.
And James Johnson, professor of history, writes an a letter to the editor against the professional classnote-takers, Beantown Notes (currently being sued by the university):
The intellectual content of a lecture, not the students' note-taking skills, is what is being sold. This content is what students have in mind when they buy notes in the hope of getting the grades they want. Without the consent of the teachers whose work it is, the sale of notes amounts to intellectual theft, something like buying a book, neatly transcribing its main points and then reselling it as your own work. This is why the sale of notes without the professor's consent and against his wishes is unethical and a violation of the Code of Student Responsibilities.
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