Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity

From the ANU Student Handbook:

Academic dishonesty is any form of giving, taking, or prescribing of information or material with intent to gain an unfair advantage in an academic setting. Forms of dishonesty include, but are not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, and aiding and abetting others to cheat or plagiarize.

Cheating is defined as

• Copying another student’s answer while completing any class assignment or during in-class and take-home examinations.
• Using notes, books, or unauthorized aids (i.e., smartphones, iPads, etc) during an examination.
• Discussing answers during an in-class examination
• Submitting another student’s work as one’s own
• Stealing another students work.

https://www.an.edu/documents-library/StudentHandbook.pdf

Resources

• International Center for Academic Integrity

  The International Center for Academic Integrity works to identify, promote, and affirm the values of academic integrity among students faculty, teachers, and administrators.

• MIT: Do’s and Don’t’s of Academic Integrity

  MIT offers great advice of the do’s and don’t’s of academic integrity.

Famous Cases

• 11 Most Egregious Examples of Academic Dishonesty

  Read about 11 news stories all about academic integrity and their punishments.
• Weber State Loses Nine Scholarships for Academic Dishonesty

  Read this short article on how academic dishonesty got a school in trouble.