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| Yes | 63% | 475 votes | Total: 749 votes | |
| No | 37% | 274 votes |
Yes
by Walter Allen
Created on: November 15, 2008
As a straight "A" student in high school and college, I used to look down my nose at other lower ranking
by Peter Deegan
Created on: July 30, 2009
It is indeed interesting to hear that some folks feel that "Cliff Notes," the indispensable "down and
Created on: May 19, 2008 Last Updated: August 20, 2009
Cliffs Notes are academically honest for the student. This means that the academically honest student
Created on: December 24, 2008
The use of Cliff's Notes by students is academically honest, if used the way they were intended to be
by Quinn Harper
Created on: November 18, 2010
How can you dissect Shakespeare's argot when no one is beside you teaching the nitty-gritty of Elizabethan
by Scott Storts
Created on: December 28, 2009 Last Updated: December 29, 2009
The argument regarding the academic honesty of Cliffs Notes is moot without a yardstick. The yardstick
by NancyN
Created on: February 14, 2009
Cliff's Notes can serve as an excellent secondary source of learning when the primary source is confusing,
Created on: July 05, 2010
The use of Cliff Notes is academically honest. Cliff Notes is a wonderful series that helps to explain
by LalQ
Created on: May 11, 2009 Last Updated: May 18, 2009
I remember that guilty feeling of being academically Dishonest when I first used "Cliff's Notes" as
Created on: October 06, 2009 Last Updated: November 02, 2009
Using Cliff Notes is not cheating in the sense that you are copying answers from a classmate. It does
Created on: October 09, 2009
I had to look up just what cliff notes are, to remind myself what they are as I've only heard of them
Created on: May 18, 2009
The concept to define is 'academic honesty.' 'Honesty' carries with it the meaning that one has, to
Created on: April 20, 2009
Of course it is academically honest, in the same way that reading other critical theory books is. Sometimes
by Sally Morem
Created on: February 14, 2009
The Internet has utterly transformed the ways in which we do research, not just on science, technology
by T.C Leonard
Created on: July 27, 2008 Last Updated: February 23, 2009
Academic dishonesty comes in many forms. Accusations fly, and even the great Martin Luther King, Jr.
Created on: May 18, 2008
Students should use every means available to them to understand the academic material presented to them.
Created on: May 10, 2008
"Cliff's Notes" are academically honest and supplement the classwork. They teach the "hooks" and key
No
by Dean Traylor
Created on: August 12, 2009 Last Updated: March 01, 2010
There is something dishonest about Cliff's Notes; however, it's not in terms of cheating. The yellow-and-black,
Created on: November 19, 2008
Cliff Notes is the cram method of choice for those who do not have the time or inclination to properly
by Tim Betz
Created on: June 06, 2009 Last Updated: June 08, 2009
Is watching Casablanca the same as reading a brief summary of the plot? From a summary of the plot,
by AJ Butler
Created on: September 19, 2009
The use of Cliff's Notes is not academically honest.
Cliff Hillegas, the 1958 founder of Cliff's Notes,
by Dan Hiland
Created on: June 24, 2009
I remember the first time I saw them. It was the early 70's and I was rummaging through the paperback
Created on: May 18, 2008
I say Cliff Notes are not academically honest if you are using them as the only source for information
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