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Academic Integrity
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Report Behavior

Although Ryan (1998) was only addressing the issue of plagiarism, the following argument applies to any type of academic dishonesty

    Students have a right to expect fairness in the classroom. When teachers turn a blind eye to plagiarism, it undermines that right and denigrates grades, degrees, and even institutions.

McCabe and Drinan (1999) report that student surveys found that many college students live in environments where “faculty members either don’t notice or don’t want to notice” that students are cheating. Love and Simmons (1998) cited faculty unwillingness to confront cheaters as a contributing factor “to the possibility of a student cheating or plagiarizing.”

Faculty members who want integrity practiced in their classrooms need to confront and report unethical and academically dishonest behavior.

References and Resources

blue bullet used to denote item in a list Love, Patrick and Janice Simmons. “Factors Influencing Cheating and Plagiarism Among Graducate Students in a College Education.” College Student Journal 32.4 (1998): 539+.

blue bullet used to denote item in a list McCabe, Donald L. and Patrick Drinan. “Toward a Culture of Academic Integrity.” The Chronicle of Higher Education 46.8 (1999): B7.

blue bullet used to denote item in a list Ryan, Julie J.C.H. “Student Plagiarism in an Online World.” Prism (1998).

"Promoting Academic Integrity at the Classroom Level" was written by Dr. Steven L. Berg.

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