ACADEMIC INTEGRITY University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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 is a commitment to five fundamental values:

HonestyTrust

FairnessRespect

Responsibility

The Center for Academic Integrity, October 1999

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


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


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Fairness For students, important

components of fairness are predictability, clear expectations, and a consistent and just response to dishonesty.


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


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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.


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


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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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.




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.


ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

THIS BEHAVIOR IS CONSIDERED A STUDENT CONDUCT VIOLATION.


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


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

• Plagiarism

• Collusion

• Duplicity


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


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


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


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


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

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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


Step 5 The chairperson of the Academic

Integrity and Grievance Committee will convene the committee for a hearing.

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


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.


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 student’s 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.


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.

Academic Dishonesty Violations 2012-2013

Academic Integrity Report

Academic Penalties (Faculty Imposed)

Academic Integrity Report

Academic Dishonesty Violations Five Year Trend Report 2009 – 2013

Contact Information

Darryl K. McGeeAssistant Vice Chancellor for Judicial

Affairs

(501) 569-3328

Richard E. Harper IIAssistant Dean of Students

(501) 569-3328

Documents

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