Leadership Exchange - Spring 2008

Nothing goes more
quickly to the heart of
our institutions than
academic integrity.

2. Create honor codes and support educational programs.

Research has shown that honor codes are valuable to limit academic integrity violations, even at institutions without long traditions of such codes. These systems work better at some types of institutions, but can be of value anywhere.

3. Evaluate policies related to the in-class possession of electronic equipment for cheating and for capturing audio or video reproductions of faculty lectures, artistic representations, copyrighted materials, and other materials. In balancing the need to inform students of emergency situations with appropriate concern about academic integrity violations, campuses may want to institute policies to address proper uses of technology.

4. Inform students early and repeatedly that just because works are available electronically, it does not mean that they may be used without permission or attribution. The role of all student affairs departments as well as faculty should be to educate students about the Internet as a resource and the importance of appropriate academic integrity when using online sources.

5. Schedule regular meetings with faculty, academic administrators, student affairs professionals, and student leaders to discuss issues related to academic integrity.

Though faculty and students deal with academic integrity on a daily basis, it is important that the entire community understand that academic integrity is central to the higher education experience and important to campus leaders. Regular discussions of these elements raise the profile of these issues on campus.

While these recommendations are not a panacea for academic dishonesty, they create a policy agenda to promote ongoing discussion of the issue. SSAOs must begin to create positive ways in which all members of their communities can get involved in resolving a problem that impacts all aspects of campus life and shows no signs of abating.

Dennis E. Gregory is associate professor of educational leadership and counseling in the higher education program at Old Dominion University in Virginia.

(This column was adapted from Current Issues in Academic Misconduct and Intellectual Property presented at the 17th Annual Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference, October 14– 16, 2007, in Burlington, Vt. References are available on request from the author.)

Keeping Students Honest

Resources for SSAOs

Carolinian Creed, University of South Carolina

www.sa.sc.edu/creed/index.htm

Cardinal Creed, University of Louisville http://campuslife.louisville.edu/policies/student handbook/pages/ creed.html

Center for Academic Integrity, Rutland Institute for Ethics, Clemson University www.academicintegrity.org/assessment_guide/index.php

Plagiarism.org

www.plagiarism.org

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