Abstract
WHEN IT’S CRUNCH TIME for exams, students will turn just about anywhere to gain an edge. To sneak a peek at a previous year’s exam, for example, students used to have to rely upon upperclassmen pals or their fraternity’s or sorority’s “test files,” which hold exams from years past. Now, students of the digital age are hoping the edge they seek could be just a click away, thanks to websites that offer access to course materials. Although several schools and universities, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, offer free online access to lecture notes, homework assignments, and lab reports, it’s an academic social-networking website called Course Hero that’s got some professors crying “copyright infringement.” Launched in January 2008, Course Hero offers students access to study materials such as PowerPoint slides from lectures, course syllabi, and old exams from about 3,500 colleges and universities. Students can see the site’s more than 6 million documents for a ...
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