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Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Misconduct

Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Misconduct. Academic Senate Meeting 9/17/02. Committee Membership. Sara Cames (Undergraduate Judiciary Cabinet) Trey Childress (Graduate Student Government) Cheryl Contant (City & Regional Planning, COA) Gus Giebelhaus (HTS, IAC)

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Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Misconduct

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  1. Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Misconduct Academic Senate Meeting 9/17/02

  2. Committee Membership • Sara Cames (Undergraduate Judiciary Cabinet) • Trey Childress (Graduate Student Government) • Cheryl Contant (City & Regional Planning, COA) • Gus Giebelhaus (HTS, IAC) • Hal Irvin (Office of Organizational Development) • Gary May (ECE, COE) • Andy Smith (Dean’s Office, COS) • Ray Vito (ex officio, Student Honor Comm. chair) • Karen Boyd (ex officio, Sr. Assoc. Dean of Students)

  3. Review Committee Recommendations • Office or organization responsible • Actions taken or needed • Action items for Senate

  4. Recommendation #1: Establish benchmarks for time for processing cases • Office of the Dean of Students • Workgroup (staff, faculty, students) led by Amy Stalzer (Success Programs) -- ongoing • Review process, establish “reasonable” expectations on time requirements through process. For example, Student can expect a hearing in xx days after refusing to accept the administrative resolution

  5. Recommendation #2: Increase resources/staffing for academic misconduct process • Office of Dean of Students • Resources provided in Spring, 2002 • New staff hired: • Acting Assistant Dean for Integrity (investigator) • Ethics Education Coordinator • Administrative Assistant – in process • Computerized case tracking system – on-line

  6. Recommendation #3: Increase size of pool of faculty/students to hear cases through Student Honor Committee • Office of Provost – interim solution • Alternates identified for faculty and students • Two or three cases per week • Faculty Senate – needs action • Amend Statutes and Bylaws for Committee composition • Coordinate with Rules and Resolutions Committee

  7. Recommendation #3: Increase size of pool of faculty/students to hear cases through Student Honor Committee • Modify SHC membership: • Current 4 faculty  Propose 12 faculty • Current 3 students (2 UG, 1 G)  Propose 9 students (6 UG, 3 G) • Empanel a Student Honor Committee for hearing as a quorum (as currently defined) of 3 faculty (including chair) and 2 students (at least from the same group as accused)

  8. Recommendation #4: Additional training for SHC members • Office of Dean of Students, faculty, students • Began “Education Sessions” on honor code, process, hearings, and sanctions • Materials available via CD and on-line • Currently, education program required for “new” SHC members

  9. Recommendation #5: Schedule hearings in summer, if needed • Faculty, Dean of Students, SHC • Purpose: to ensure a “timely” response • Implemented with limited success in Summer 2002 • Schedule hearings only if student, instructor, and witnesses are available • Ongoing

  10. Recommendation #6: Greater faculty involvement earlier in process • If instructor and student agree, 3-way conversation between instructor, student, and Assistant Dean initially about suspicions • Office of Dean of Students, faculty • Workgroup (faculty, staff, students) to define implementation process and test – ongoing

  11. Recommendation #7: Strong relationship between Provost and Dean of Students offices • Office of Provost, Dean of Students Office • Recommended ongoing reports, updates, alerts • Ongoing and positive

  12. Recommendation #8: Create Committee on Academic Integrity • Faculty Senate • Need to amend Statutes and Bylaws to establish “Committee on Academic Integrity” • Membership: Elected faculty representatives (4), appointed students (2 from SGA), with SHC chair, Dean of Students, Honor Advisor chair as ex officio members

  13. Recommendation #8: Create Committee on Academic Integrity • Tasks: Continue monitoring and evaluation of academic integrity issues and Honor Code implementation process • Develop a proactive, educational strategy campus-wide • Develop “best practices” for faculty • Consider changes in current process • Coordinate with Student Honor Committee – implementation; Dean of Students – process, education; Student Honor Advisors – education

  14. Recommendation #9: Maintain administrative integrity of hearing process • Dean of Students, Honor Committee Chair • Once hearing scheduled, no administrative resolution of a case without the concurrence of SHC Chair • Operating rule – ongoing

  15. Recommendation #10: Require non-credit course on academic integrity as part of sanctions • Dean of Students, faculty • Ethics educator establishing committee (faculty, students, staff) to develop course for 1st time offenders • Available by August, 2003

  16. Action Items • Statutes and Bylaw Committee: • Enhance membership of Student Honor Committee, yet maintain size of hearing quorum • Establish new Committee on Academic Integrity • Ongoing faculty support for bench-marking, expanding size of SHC, developing sanction course, and forming new committee on academic integrity

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