“Just do what’s right.”
Academic Integrity
GTA Presentation
Dan Schwab, Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards
Shannon Quihuiz, Title IX Investigator
Student Conduct and Community Standards
Agenda
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Academic Integrity
OSU’s Academic Dishonesty Policy
Different types of Academic Dishonesty
Consequences for Academic Dishonesty
Your Role in the Conduct Process
Strategies to prevent Academic Dishonesty
Resources for Students
Comments and Questions
Academic Integrity
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Integrity is important in all areas of life
Personal integrity is not a quality we’re born to
naturally
◦ Nurture– Practice – Accountability
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Academic Integrity for students
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Come to class on time and do not leave early
Read and do all assignments
Pay attention in class, don’t be disruptive
Be respectful of others in class
Do your own work
Academic Integrity for
Instructors? What about it?
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Plan the class so it will be worthwhile to students
Do your best to answer questions with current information
Honestly answer when you don’t know and get the answer by
the next class
Do not allow students to ridicule others or their ideas
Do your best during class time to prepare students for exams
and assignments
Carefully monitor exams so the honest students will not be
disadvantaged by other students who might choose to cheat
Confront students if you suspect they have plagiarized or in
other ways that might be dishonest
Defining Academic Dishonesty
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At Oregon State University academic dishonesty is
defined by the Oregon Administrative Rule 576015-0020.2 as:
an act of deception in which a Student seeks to claim
credit for the work or effort of another person, or uses
unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any
academic work or research, either through the Student’s
own efforts or the efforts of another.
Academic Dishonesty Includes
 Plagiarism
 Cheating
 Assisting
 Fabrication
 Tampering
PLAGIARISM
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Representing the words or ideas of another person
or presenting someone else's words, ideas, artistry
or data as one's own, or using one’s own
previously submitted work. Plagiarism includes
but is not limited to copying another person's work
(including unpublished material) without
appropriate referencing, presenting someone
else's opinions and theories as one's own, or
working jointly on a project and then submitting it
as one's own.
CHEATING
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Use or attempted use of unauthorized materials,
information or study aids, or an act of deceit by
which a Student attempts to misrepresent mastery
of academic effort or information. This includes
but is not limited to unauthorized copying or
collaboration on a test or assignment, using
prohibited materials and texts, any misuse of an
electronic device, or using any deceptive means to
gain academic credit.
ASSISTING
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Helping another commit an act of academic
dishonesty. This includes but is not limited to
paying or bribing someone to acquire a test or
assignment, changing someone's grades or
academic records, taking a test/doing an
assignment for someone else by any means,
including misuse of an electronic device. It is a
violation of Oregon state law to create and offer to
sell part or all of an educational assignment to
another person (ORS 165.114).
FABRICATION
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Falsification or invention of any information
including but not limited to falsifying research,
inventing or exaggerating data, or listing incorrect
or fictitious references.
TAMPERING
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Altering or interfering with evaluation instruments
or documents.
Why does Academic
Dishonesty Happen?
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Time Management
◦ Deadlines come around more quickly than expected
◦ Procrastination
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Stressed and Overwhelmed
“Big Test Pressure”
Motivation and Interest
Confusion
Competition
Lazy and/or It’s okay to cheat mentality
Consequences for Dishonesty
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Academic Penalty
◦ Consequences may include:
 Verbal or Written Warning
 Assignment penalty (zero grade for the assignment)
 Academic penalty for the course (lower grade)
 F grade for the course
 No grade replacement
Consequences for Dishonesty
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SCCS Penalty
◦ Attend the Academic Integrity Success Seminar
◦ Essay Assignment
◦ One-on-One meeting with SCCS representative
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Second Violation Consequences may include:
◦ Removal from your academic major (Academic)
◦ Removal from academic college (Academic)
◦ Referral to the formal student conduct committee (SCCS)
 Deferred Suspension
 Suspension from the University
Your Role in the Conduct Process
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Academic Dishonesty
◦ Responsible/Not Responsible
◦ Preponderance of the evidence
 51% likelihood or more likely than not
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Follow the reporting process
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It will protect you
Print out reporting form
Review evidence and situation with instructor
Level of evidence?
Meet with the student
Level of evidence?
Recommend sanction and forward
Ways to help prevent
Academic Dishonesty
First Class Session – Discuss academic dishonesty policy and
consequences
 Group Assignments
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◦ Designate boundaries
◦ What is acceptable regarding collaboration for that particular
assignment
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Research Papers and Writing Assignments
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Clearly define citation expectations (e.g., MLA, APA)
Describe plagiarism and paraphrasing
Create benchmarks
Critical Thinking
Direct student to resources
 Writing Center
 OWL Purdue
 Plagiarism.org
Ways to help prevent
Academic Dishonesty
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Tests and Quizzes
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Reminders regarding Academic Integrity during tests
Avoid routine testing procedures (e.g., same tests)
Number exam copies
Miscellaneous materials (e.g., electronics, hats, backpacks)
Random seating
Check Student ID in and out
Observe during tests
Scan completed exams to discourage altering exam scores
Our Creative Students and
Academic Dishonesty
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Java Cup
Rubber band
Labels
Hats
Clothing
Band-Aids
Electronics
Resources for your students
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Academic Success Center
◦ Study Skills – reading, testing, time management
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The Writing Center
◦ Writing Assignments – feedback, grammar, citations
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Disability Access Services
 International Education & INTO
 Online Resources
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◦ OWL Purdue
◦ Plagiarism.org
Questions
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Just do what’s right!