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Academic Integrity
at Schoolcraft College

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Help Students
Become Scholars

Writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Barbara Fister (2002) observes that, “students sent into the library to work on a paper or presentation must invent themselves as scholars—but we often neglect to explain what that really means, other than giving them a Byzantine set of rules on how to cite sources and dire warnings of plagiarism.”

Too often, students do not see that the work they are doing is authentic; that they are not doing real scholarship. (Moore, 2001; Saunders, 1993) As a result, they become product oriented and forget about the process. (Coffey and Casey, 2001; Lathrop and Foss, 2000)

We can help students learn to be scholars by

    blue bullet used to denote item in a list Developing assignments that have real world connections

    blue bullet used to denote item in a list Making sure that students understand why the assignment is not just busy work

    blue bullet used to denote item in a list Stressing process over final product

References and Resources

blue bullet used to denote item in a listCoffey, Monica A. and Kathleen E. Casey. The Cyberspace Detective: Uncovering Online Plagiarism. Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Corporation, 2001.

blue bullet used to denote item in a listFister, Barbara. “Fear of Reference.” The Chronicle of Higher Education 48.40 (2002): B20.

blue bullet used to denote item in a listLathrop, Ann and Kathleen Foss. Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

blue bullet used to denote item in a list Moore, Rebecca Howard. “Forget About Policing Plagiarism. Just Teach The Chronicle of Higher Education 48.12 (2001): B24.

blue bullet used to denote item in a list Saunders, Edward J. “Confronting Academic Dishonesty.” Journal of Social Work Education 29.2 (1993): 224-31.

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

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