ACADEMIC INTEGRITY University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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ACADEMIC INTEGRITYUniversity of Arkansas at
Little Rock

• Presented by
• Darryl K. McGee, M.S.
• Office of the Dean of Students

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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• Academic Integrity is a commitment to five
  fundamental values
• Honesty
• Trust
• Fairness
• Respect
• Responsibility

The Center for Academic Integrity, October 1999
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• Honesty is the foundation of teaching, learning,
  research, and service.

The Center for Academic Integrity, October 1999
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• Trust is promoted by faculty who set clear
  guidelines for assignments and for evaluating
  student work.

The Center for Academic Integrity, October 1999
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• Fairness
• For students, important components of fairness
  are predictability, clear expectations, and a
  consistent and just response to dishonesty.

The Center for Academic Integrity, October 1999
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• Fairness
• Faculty members have a right to expect fair
  treatment, not only from students but also from
  colleagues and their administration.

The Center for Academic Integrity, October 1999
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• Respect demands the recognition of the
  participatory nature of the learning process.
• Faculty members show respect by taking students
  ideas seriously, providing full and honest
  feedback on their work, valuing their aspirations
  and goals, and recognizing them as individuals.

The Center for Academic Integrity, October 1999
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• Being Responsible means taking action against
  wrongdoing, despite peer pressure, fear, loyalty,
  or compassion.

The Center for Academic Integrity, October 1999
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• The University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• Please note that two (2) types of cases grade
  appeals and accusations of academic offenses- are
  addressed in this policy and have separate
  procedures that must be followed.

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy
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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• The University developed this policy to make
  possible an orderly academic environment where
  all members of the community have the freedom to
  develop to the fullest extent.

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
• THIS BEHAVIOR IS CONSIDERED A STUDENT CONDUCT
  VIOLATION.

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• Faculty members should make every effort to
  prevent dishonesty, protect honest students, and
  take appropriate action in instances of
  dishonesty.

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• The most common offenses subject to grade penalty
  and/or disciplinary action are
• Cheating on an examination or quiz
• Plagiarism
• Collusion
• Duplicity

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• Cheating on an examination To give or receive,
  to offer or solicit information on any quiz or
  examination.

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• Plagiarism To adopt and reproduce as ones own,
  to appropriate for ones own use and incorporate
  in ones own work without acknowledgement, the
  ideas of others or passages from their writings
  and works.

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• Collusion To obtain from another party, without
  specific approval in advance by the professor,
  assistance in the production of work offered for
  credit .

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• Duplicity To offer for credit identical or
  substantially unchanged work in two or more
  courses, without specific advance approval of the
  professors involved.

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Academic Integrity and Grievance Policy

• The Academic Integrity and Grievance Committee
  (AIGC) hears specific grade appeals and hears, on
  appeal and referral, cases involving certain
  alleged academic offenses.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses

• Informal Step
• Communicate to the student that you suspect
  academic dishonesty.
• This is an informal step that you can take to
  investigate your suspicion. If you are convinced
  that a violation has taken place after your
  discussion with the student, you must follow the
  next steps.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses

• Step 1
• Complete the Allegation of Academic Offense Form
• By completing this form you are officially
  notifying the student, department chair, and dean
  of students of the charge. You are also assuring
  that the student will receive his/her right of
  due process.
• The form must be delivered by mail or in person.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses

• Step 2
• Schedule a conference with the student
• Highlight the fact that the student only has
  three class days to schedule the conference.
• The grade penalty is automatically applied if the
  student does not meet with you.
• Regardless of the outcome of this conference, the
  faculty member must notify the dean of students
  of the results.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses

• Step 3
• Within six class days of being notified of the
  charge, the student should schedule a meeting
  with the dean of students/designee to discuss
  his/her due process rights and address the
  allegations. If the student admits to a
  violation, a sanction is imposed and any grade
  penalty stands.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses

• Step 4
• If the student denies academic misconduct, he/she
  may appeal to the Academic Integrity and
  Grievance Committee within ten days of receipt of
  the Academic Offense Allegation Report Form.
• Failure to appeal within ten days will result in
  imposition of the grade penalty and/or
  disciplinary action and waiver of the right to
  appeal.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses

• Step 5
• The chairperson of the Academic Integrity and
  Grievance Committee will convene the committee
  for a hearing.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses
(Important Points)

• Grade Penalties
• Only faculty members may impose a grade penalty.
  
• Grade penalties for consideration
• A grade of F in the course
• A grade of F on the examination, project, etc.
• A grade adjustment
• No credit for material presented

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses
(Important Points)

• In cases where the student accepts responsibility
  and the offense warrants a severe penalty such as
  expulsion or suspension.
• The Dean of Students must refer the case within
  three (3) class days to the chairperson of AIGC.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses
(Important Points)

• In a case where the student maintains a plea of
  not responsible.
• The Dean of Students will review the specific
  charge and evidence with the student, the
  students rights and privileges, appeals
  procedures, operating policies of the AIGC.
• After this review, if the student maintains the
  plea of not responsible, the Dean of Students
  will offer to assist the student in writing a
  statement of appeal.

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Steps Toward Redress for Academic Offenses
(Important Points)

• The student has the right to attend classes until
  the appeal is resolved.
• The student may not withdraw from a course while
  an allegation of academic dishonesty in that
  course is being adjudicated.
• If the student withdraws from a course after
  receiving notification of an allegation of
  academic dishonesty, the student will be
  reinstated, pending final adjudication of the
  allegation.
• At the conclusion of the adjudication process
• If academic dishonesty is found, and a grade of
  "F" in the course is assigned, then the failing
  grade will be recorded and remain on the
  student's transcript.
• If academic dishonesty is found, and a penalty
  less than a grade of "F" for the course was
  assigned, then the student may continue in the
  course or withdraw from the course at that time.
  
• If academic dishonesty is not found, the student
  may continue in the course or withdraw from the
  course at that time.

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• Academic Dishonesty Violations 2012-2013

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Academic Integrity Report

• Academic Penalties (Faculty Imposed)

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Academic Integrity Report

• Academic Dishonesty Violations
  Five Year Trend Report 2009
  2013

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Contact Information

• Darryl K. McGee
• Assistant Vice Chancellor for Judicial Affairs
• [phone]
• Richard E. Harper II
• Assistant Dean of Students
• [phone]