We all face the same problem, and it’s a fairly intractable one. Incoming students don’t know enough about our local honor codes, the policies governing thresholds and processes regarding cheating or plagiarism, or why all of the above is important – b …
Integrity Matters
An ICAI Blog
providing the latest insights about academic integrity
Preventing Academic Integrity Violations: How to Right-Size and Right-Time the Message
Are You Addressing the Problem?
The cheating dilemma. To Faculty, reporting a case of academic dishonesty may seem like an ineffective time sink, but students see this as something to exploit. Some instructors believe that they have created a course where students are unable to cheat …
Updating the Academic Integrity Policy at Your Institution (Part III)- Standards of Review
Editors Note: Although this post is based on American law, I argue the post has international implications because the legal principles that Christian presents reflect ICAI’s own fundamental values – fairness, responsibility, trustworthiness, respect a …
Updating the Academic Integrity Policy at Your Institution (Part II)
In this second edition within my blog series on academic integrity policy, I want to address three common questions that arise when developing or revising institutional policies and procedures. Are we going to have a Zero-Tolerance approach to cheating …
Updating the Academic Integrity Policy at Your Institution
Creating an effective and well-followed academic integrity policy at your institution does not have to be difficult, overly legalistic, or a chore to establish. In the first post of a series on academic integrity policy, this details a process on how to establish the integrity values of your institution and a process to implement them with all stakeholders getting involved.
