Academic Integrity
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Goal:
To appropriately and effectively
recognize and address academic
integrity issues you may face as a
Teaching Assistant in the
classroom.
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Objectives:
1. Explain what academic dishonesty is
according to the Purdue University Senate.
2. Identify appropriate and effective ways of
addressing violations of academic integrity.
3. Identify resources available at Purdue to
help you address academic integrity issues.
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Objectives:
1. Explain what academic dishonesty is
according to the Purdue University Senate.
2. Identify appropriate and effective ways of
addressing violations of academic integrity.
3. Identify resources available at Purdue to
help you address academic integrity issues.
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University Senate Statement
• The commitment of the acts of cheating, lying,
stealing, and deceit in any of their diverse forms
(such as the use of ghost-written papers, the use of
substitutes for taking examinations, the use of illegal
cribs, plagiarism, and copying during examinations)
is dishonest and must not be tolerated.
• Moreover, knowingly to aid and abet, directly or
indirectly, other parties in committing dishonest acts
is in itself dishonest” (University Senate Document
72-18, December 15, 1972).
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Types of Academic Dishonesty
• Cheating: intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized
materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise.
• Fabrication: intentional and unauthorized falsification or invention
of information or citation in an academic exercise.
• Plagiarism: deliberate adoption or reproduction of ideas/words/
statements of another person as one’s own without
acknowledgement.
• Facilitating Academic Dishonesty: intentionally or knowingly
helping or attempting to help another (to cheat)
• Misrepresentation: providing false information to an instructor
concerning an academic exercise. Purdue University also includes
forgery as a form of misrepresentation.
• Sabotage: actions that prevent others from completing their work.
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Objectives:
1. Explain what academic dishonesty is
according to the Purdue University Senate.
2. Identify appropriate and effective ways of
addressing violations of academic integrity.
3. Identify resources available at Purdue to
help you address academic integrity issues.
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Academic Integrity Scenarios
• How would you respond?
• How would you pre-empt this
situation from happening again?
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Objectives:
1. Explain what academic dishonesty is
according to the Purdue University Senate.
2. Identify appropriate and effective ways of
addressing violations of academic integrity.
3. Identify resources available at Purdue to
help you address academic integrity issues.
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Academic Dishonesty Resources
• See page 6 of the handout included in
the USB flash drive
• Report to Faculty Supervisor
• Call Office of the Dean of Students
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Before We Conclude
• Take survey form out of packet
• Complete Post-Survey items 18-21 on
scantron form
• Turn the scantron form in
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