Prior to completing the Academic Integrity Program, I thought academic integrity was as simple “not cheating.” I considered it a policy solely implemented to ensure that students learned the material. To me, cheating was mostly plagiarism, or trying to pass off someone else’s work as your own. It was not until I completed the program that I began to understand the long-term effects of cheating on the peers, the professor, and the institution. Now, I understand that cheating affects not just me, but also the other students in my courses and the university’s reputation. I also understand the reasoning behind the university’s strict policies regarding academic integrity violations, as they are in place to protect the student, the classmates, …show more content…
I have also learned how to focus in on what exactly I have questions on, instead of not understanding where to even begin looking for issues and becoming overwhelmed. These practices have yielded success and project completion, and I will continue to do assignments in this fashion in my future Computer Science courses.
There were some behaviors defined in the program that I was surprised to find academically dishonest. This is mostly because some of these behaviors had never occurred to me. This includes all the lab-related behaviors, such as dry lab data, trimming data, cooking data, ecology tampering, and carelessness. Dry lab data is reporting data for samples that have not been analyzed. Trimming data is cutting out the outliers from data that would “skew” your analyses, while cooking data is creating fabricated, new data to fit your analyses. Ecology tampering is intentionally changing environments between experimental groups to yield the results that you want. Carelessness is not paying close attention to something – calculations, lab procedures, etc. – and inadvertently reporting inaccurate results. All the behaviors described are academically dishonest because students have the same responsibilities as professionally-trained scientists since they are now within the same realm of science. Reporting inaccurate lab/research data can
To verify that an assignment is successfully submitted on Turnitin.com, a student must check for a digital receipt, which is automatically emailed to the student (Academic Integrity Assignment, 2017).
My articles talks about a cases and a student in particular Mr. Coster from Central Connecticut State University who was accused of cheating and was spelled from the premises. He’s professor thought and suspected that Mr. Coster was cheating from an A student. After an investigation from the university found that Mr. Coster was responsible for plagiarism. He was spelled and appeal the case, the ruling was not in his favor, so he decided to sue A student in a state court. In conclusion he was rule in favor in a nonjury courtroom because the university failed to examine
After having read the Academic Integrity policy and everything that it includes, I would have to state that my understanding of this policy is that it is a policy of pure honesty and trust. This policy, to my understanding, is exactly what it says it is. This policy is all about integrity. Integrity, by my definition, is doing what is right when nobody is watching. In other words, integrity is doing what is expected of you, even if/when you are by yourself. Integrity encompasses a large group of admirable traits, such as trustworthiness, honesty, and good morals. So, when applying integrity into school, the Academic Integrity policy comes into play.
Academic integrity is something that is supposed to be honored by everyone, students and teachers, but who follows the rules when it comes to education anymore? Cheating is not supposed to happen, but since getting an education is what everyone does now, grades matter. Grades matter because when students have great grades, companies will be more likely to hire them, rather than if they have decent grades. So, people cheat so they can have a chance in life and stay on top of their education and their class. At Oklahoma State University (OSU) located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and founded in 1890, there is an academic integrity policy that the student’s must apply by. This University is a research institution where students must do their own work and not cheat and the current campus enrollment is 21,046 undergraduates who must apply by the policy and OSU is in the Big 12 conference.
Jenny: Needs to hold herself accountable for her action. She second guessed herself, which means she knew it was the wrong thing to do.
Violating these academic integrity policy had a severe impact on my academic standings and am putting in all my efforts to improve it and have learned a lot from it. My only advice for my peers in this program is please cross-check your work, if in doubt do not hesitate to approach your professor’s and academic advisors they are here to help you to guide.
My definition of academic integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching. A good example as it relates to the real world would be speeding. If the speed limit is seventy and a driver is going eighty, the driver is breaking the law. Even though there is not technically a law against breaking the academic honor code, doing so would be breaking a moral law.
Academic integrity is being honest and fair when it comes to your academics. Academic integrity means a lot to me. In general, honesty means a lot to me. Integrity is acting on your values, and not just out of convenience. A person's ability to keep their word is one of the only things they can truly be judged on. I have been very good at keeping my word my entire life because I feel it is something that shows the character of a person. I want to be characterized as a caring and honest person. I know that seems strange because I recorded Professor Kraimer’s class. She asked us specifically not to record because of the sensitive material we cover in that class/ she wanted people to feel free to speak their mind without it leaving the classroom.
To me, plagiarism meant taking a source word for word, using it and not giving credit to the original author. As I made my way through secondary school plagiarism was something that we were continuously warned against and I figured that if I stayed away from my definition of plagiarism then all will be well and frankly, it has been well. Now I am pursuing a higher education I am again met with writing research papers and the act of plagiarism. In order to prepare us to become more efficient researchers we were instructed to read “Academic Integrity” which is a document that identifies what plagiarism is and how to prevent ourselves from knowingly or accidentally plagiarizing. Upon reading the document I discovered two major points which I can
Often, having a college degree creates a sense of pride and accomplishment in an individual as well as the people around them. They are seen with more respect and admiration and are considered to be more successful. However, their degree would have no value if the university they attended was known for their lack of academic integrity. Cheating in universities has become a huge problem in today’s society. This is why universities have adopted academic integrity policies. This importance of honesty is especially crucial for major research universities such as Oklahoma State University(OSU) and The University of North Texas(UNT).
As defined by the Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Academic Integrity is the moral code or ethical policy of academia. This includes values such as avoidance of cheating or plagiarism; maintenance of academic standards; honesty and rigor in research and academic publishing. Many believe academic integrity to be a strong, pervasive and understood rule when going to Universities and Community Colleges across the globe; however, in the recent decades, abiding to the rules and policies to uphold academic integrity has slowly become more problematic for students across the board. Thesis?
For me, academic integrity is encompassed by citing your sources and representing what they actually say. If you learned a new concept from someone and they are the progenitor of that idea, you should cite them. Not citing someone can potentially beguile the reader into believing that this is your work. Certainly, you found the research, but, unless you created it, the research does not belong to you. Furthermore, it is not enough to simply cite your sources; you must represent them accurately. I have seen a few times where a scholar quotes another, but they are taking the quote completely out of context. If this is done accidentally, then you are being reckless; but if this is done intentionally, you are being dishonest. With that said, you
Academic integrity (AI) becomes a crucial subject among institutions, faculty members, students because it reflects a quality of institutions and graduates regarding ethical and moral competency. AI, however, is a controversial issue that is it realistic expectation among today’s students that they will have a full potential of academic integrity? What is the stakeholders’ perception related to academic integrity? Who will play a key role to develop students’ academic integrity? What are effective strategies related to achieving students’ academic integrity? These questions are still debated to find the best answer. Therefore, this paper will present and discuss the definition and factors interrupting AI. In addition, the policy analysis and policy initiative will be illustrated in this paper.
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Academic integrity is the code of academic conduct that is set forth by educational institutions. It is the catalyst for the mission of most institutions. The expectation is that students will be honest and responsible as it pertains to academia. It defines the academic rigor in research and academic publishing and gives value to the institution (Spain & Robes, 2011). Academic integrity also applies to the way that an individual behaves both personally and professionally, and is a true measure to the worth of the degree that is earned. This standard of behavior applies to both students and faculty. In short this is just thief of