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  Academic Integrity Promoting Academic Integrity (10 links)

Academic Honesty. University of Southern California - Center for Excellence in Teaching. A concise summary of the issues surrounding academic dishonesty intended for TAs. Answers the following major questions: What is academic dishonesty? Can I prevent academic dishonesty in my class? Where do I turn if I need help?

Applying the Power of Association on Campus: A Model Code of Academic Integrity. Pavela, G.. Review the literature on academic dishonesty and faculty enforcement of ethical standards. Proposes a model code of academic integrity designed to assist college administrators and lawyers in developing academic integrity policies that can accommodate these trends. Originally published in the Summer 1997 issue of the Journal of College and University Law, V24, No. 1.

Best Practices in Academic Integrity. American University in Cairo. By serving as role models for their students, faculty can contribute substantially to establishing a climate supportive of academic integrity, both in and out of the classroom. This document provides a useful list of best practices to help faculty demonstrate academic integrity as they fulfill their day-to-day responsibilities.

Center for Academic Integrity. Clemson University - Rutland Institute for Ethics. Provides a forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students, faculty, teachers and administrators. Public access information includes resources on promoting academic integrity within the academy, links to member institutions' honor codes and academic integrity policies, and a searchable database of 700+ items on academic integrity.

Integrity: Academic and Political. A Letter to My Students. Taylor, W.M.. A useful personal communication from instructor to students that addresses the reciprocal roles each plays in upholding standards of academic integrity. Covers practical issues related to class preparation and participation, exams, written assignments, and grading. Includes discussion of the consequences of not fulfilling the identified responsibilities. The author grants permission to use any or all of the material in his letter in any way that is consistent with its purpose of promoting academic integrity.

Plagiarism in Colleges in USA. Standler, R.B.. discusses plagiarism from a legal perspective. Topics include: Plagiarism, Sources of Plagiarized Works, Law of Plagiarism, Cases in the USA involving plagiarism in colleges, Cases against commercial sources, and Suggestions for Policy. Provides links to related sites.

TA Resources: Academic Integrity. University of Southern California - Center for Excellence in Teaching. A 30 minute multimedia tutorial designed to help TAs promote academic integrity among their students. Covers the issues of plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, cheating and fabrication of data, and provides tips on encouraging academic honesty. Includes quizzes to help better understand the issues involved. Also explains how USC handles academic dishonesty incidents. Quicktime required to view videos.

Ten Principles of Academic Integrity. McCabe, D.L. & Pavela, G.. An abridged version of the article "Ten Principles of Academic Integrity: How faculty can foster student honesty," Change magazine, May-June, 2004.

The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity. Center for Academic Integrity. A short handbook that defines a set of fundamental values of academic integrity (honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility), and identifies and describes policies and practices that support and sustain these values.

When Academic Dishonesty Happens on Your Campus. Clos, K.. Describes the critical steps taken by a college to create a viable academic integrity policy and to respond more appropriately to the particulars of the problems created by websites geared to supporting academic dishonesty in the academic community. From Innovation Abstracts Vol. 24-No. 26, Nov 2002, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.


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