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Focus Groups to Convene March 28th
The Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Integrity has been reviewing the survey results and looking at best practices elsewhere, to devise recommendations to improve the climate of academic integrity at UAA. Focus groups of students, faculty and administrators will be convened on Wednesday, March 28th, to help us evaluate these for use on our campus, before taking them to the Faculty Senate. Recruitment for the groups is underway, and those confirmed will receive our Revised Summary Report ahead of time as background for the discussions. This document also contains the schedule for the focus groups, and proposed revisions to the Board of Regents policy.
The student group convenes at 4 pm; faculty at 5:30 pm and administrators at 7 pm this Wednesday, all groups meeting in ADM102. If you have any questions, or concerns, or are keen to join one of the groups, please e-mail Sally Bremner as soon as possible.
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Academic Honesty at UAA; How are we doing?
The academic honesty (AI) environment at UAA was assessed recently based on guidelines from the Center for Academic Integrity, and facilitated by the Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Integrity. Preliminary data were presented at the Faculty Retreat on August 24th, 2011. Hear well-known AI reseacher, Professor Don McCabe’s Presentation on Academic Integrity in the U.S., and Dr. Claudia Lampman’s Overview of UAA AI Assessment Results. You can also View Summary Report 2011-08-22.
Phase II: Focus groups of administrators, faculty and students will convene in September, and a final report and recommendations is anticipated in January 2012. Please e-mail us if you’d like to join a focus group.
Our web-based Academic Integrity Tutorial can help students learn about plagiarism and how to avoid it. They will take the quiz until they get 100%, and receive a certificate of completion. See Faculty Resources tab for more information about the UAA tutorial and how to embed it in Blackboard courses. We have also created an APU edition of the AI Tutorial.
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Welcome!
In recognition that the issue of plagiarism is serious and complex, this website is designed to provide resources to students and faculty and to encourage dialogue about the responsible and respectful use of source materials in academic writing.The content has been compiled by Jackie Cason, Clare Chesher, and Sally Bremner, Library Advisory Committee, and Page Brannon, Library Instruction and Reference Services. We welcome your comments at plagiarism@uaa.alaska.edu.