Promoting Integrity at the Classroom Level:
Establish Clear Procedures
Faculty members can use SC cares to report incidents of academic dishonesty.
In my syllabus, I do outline the procedure I will use if a student is guilty of plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty. After writing that students who are guilty of plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty will fail the course, I explain that
Because academic dishonesty violates the Schoolcraft College Student Code of Conduct, I will also forward the name of any student guilty of plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty to the Dean of Student Services so that she can determine if additional disciplinary action is warranted.
My experience is that the procedure of forwarding student names to the Dean has more impact than to just tell students that they will fail the course for cheating.
