UW-EC professor: Plagiarism not surprising

UW-Eau Claire English instructor Shevaun Watson said she wasn't surprised to read a report that plagiarism is on the rise on college campuses across the nation.

Watson, director of composition and an assistant professor at UW-Eau Claire, teaches students on how to research papers and show their work.

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