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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. - Abraham Lincoln

NOVEMBER 2013

A Monthly Publication of the International Center for Academic Integrity Featuring Summaries of Integrity News + News from the Cent

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From the Director

In many places, this month marks the beginning of the end of the semester and the run-up to final exams and papers. For some students, it will also be the time when things get real as they begin to calculate their grades and suddenly realize that they only have a few weeks to demonstrate competency in their courses. Often, this leads to point-counting, stress, and sometimes even panicfactors that we recognize as being among those that can contribute to the propensity to cheat. To prepare for end-of-semester challenges, be frank with your students about them, letting students know where they stand and what your expectations are regarding integrity and performance for the rest of the semester. Remind them that their development, rather than a letter or number grade, is the goal of the course. Remind them of your requirements for documenting sources, policies for collaboration, and availability for last-minute consultations even if youve told them earlier in the semester the stress of finals may have jumbled their memories. Also let them know ahead of time whether or not extra-credit opportunities are available. Though it seems counter-intuitive, it can be quite important to let them know that it will *not* be available. In all cases, let your students know that your policies are rooted in the principle of fairness to all.

Islamic International University Islamabad Holds AntiPlagiarism Workshop for Students

The Express Tribune 11/25/2013
For a university where a professor accused of plagiarism still heads the plagiarism complaints committee, the Islamic International University Islamabad (IIUI) is probably not a role model for teaching researchers not to plagiarise. But the varsity still organized a workshop in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC), on recognised academic journals, plagiarism and plagiarism detection software. Plagiarism, considered to be the ultimate sin in academia, is still a concept about which Pakistani undergraduate and graduate-level researchers need more awareness. As Pakistani students look towards publishing their research in international peer-reviewed journals, they need to know the criteria to get their papers accepted and avoid plagiarising in the process. The workshop, titled Awareness of Modern Research Procedure, HEC Recognised Journals and Plagiarism Policy was conducted by IIUI Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) with support from the HEC. QEC Acting Director Dr. Irshad Ahmed Arshad informed participants about the categories of international journals and requirements to make ones research get published. Students were also informed that they could go through with the publication of their research on their own. A demonstration of the plagiarism detection software Turnitin was also given during one session of the workshop. Irshad said ineffective note-taking such as not attributing the source of quoted material and copy-paste tactics might put researchers in the plagiarism trap. Over quoted material may fall under plagiarism in the detection software, Irshad said, adding that, To avoid data detection being flagged as plagiarised, researchers should rephrase, quote and summarise the data in their own words. It should be noted that Dr. Muhammad Sher, who currently heads IIUIs plagiarism committee, was found guilty of Level 1 plagiarism by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for a research paper he wrote, according to a black list of faculty members available on HECs website. The IEEE, an international professional body of engineers, had notified the HEC about the plagiarism charge in December 2012. The plagiarism charge is being investigated by a local committee. But prior to the IEEE notification, Sher was also found guilty of a separate plagiarism charge over a book compilation and had publicly apologised for it. Full Story: http://tribune.com.pk/story/636427/iiui-holds-anti-plagiarism-workshopfor-students/

~Teddi

Fishman

Kean University Administrator Leaves Amid Charges

By: Scott Jaschik Inside Higher Ed

material came verbatim from a report by the Center for the Study of American Federation of Teachers' faculty union, filed the complaint.

11/19/2013 College Student Retention. James Castiglione, president of the

Last year, Kean University had an intense debate over false statements
on the rsum of President Dawood Farahi. The board investigated and determined that there were inaccurate statements, but that he should keep his job (Farahi blamed staff members for the errors).

Castiglione and the union pushed hard for the board to dismiss the president in last year's scandal, arguing that students and faculty whose official biographical materials contained falsehoods would be punished. In a statement about the plagiarism incident, he said that Another senior administrator at Kean is facing scrutiny. Shortly after professors remain frustrated. "We teach our students to be ethical and faculty leaders filed a complaint about plagiarism they found in a report scrupulous, and we expect our university officials to be held to the by Katerina Andriotis, associate vice president for academic affairs, she same high standards. It is unconscionable that a culture of academic was gone. The university would not confirm why she left. The complaint fraud persists among Keans highest administrators, he said. against Andriotis stated that some material in a report on enrollment management that she submitted to the university came straight from a Read More: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/19/kean-ureport at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and that other administrator-leaves-suddenly-amid-plagiarism-charges

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Number of Academic Dishonesty Cases Up, Many Unreported

By: Ryan Fitzmaurice 10/28/2013

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The purpose of the Academic Integrity Policy Toolkit is to guide Australian higher education providers in: The development of their Academic Integrity policy; or In reviewing or auditing their existing Academic Integrity policy against exemplary practice for the purpose of improvement; or More effectively implementing and supporting their existing Academic Integrity policy. The Exemplary Academic Integrity Project (EAIP) is a strategic collaboration between the University of South Australia (UniSA) as project leader, Griffith University researchers and policymakers and Queensland Institute of Business and Technology (QIBT). EAIP has developed the toolkit to ensure that all Australian higher education providers have access to a range of resources to support institution-specific academic integrity policy. The Toolkit will assist higher education providers to meet the standards required by the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA). The Academic Integrity Policy Toolkit and resources on academic integrity including a plain English definition can be accessed on the project website www.unisa.edu.au/EAIP . For more information please contact the project leader Dr. Tracey Bretag (tracey.bretag@unisa.edu.au ). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialShareAlike 3.0 Australia License. Support for this project has been provided by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching.
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cases of academic dishonesty during her 12 years teaching at Central Michigan University. Thats almost one case for every semester of every year the history professor has been at the university. More recently, shes seen two students turn in the same paper to two different classes. Shes also received papers reused from previous years and paragraphs ripped from Wikipedia. CMU has no specific definition of academic dishonesty, but its policy lists behaviors that can be considered dishonest. Academically dishonest actions include cheating on examinations, plagiarism, fabricating information, submission of identical or similar assignments to two separate classes, misconduct in research and creative endeavors, using computer resources in acts of plagiarism or illegal activity and being complicit in another students violation of the policy. Other violations exist but are not mentioned in the policy. Green addresses the problem in the classroom and makes efforts to teach students how to cite sources, but she said talking about the problem in the classroom doesnt lessen the chances for academic dishonesty to occur. Its an individual choice students make, Green said. I cant stop them from doing it.

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Green said the rate of cases she discovers stays roughly the same year to year, but statistics from the Student Conduct Office show a rising trend.
Complete Article: http://www.cmlife.com/2013/10/28/number-of-academicdishonesty-cases-up-many-cases-go-unreported/

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