Graduate Students andAcademic Integrity

Kate JenkinsOffice of Academic Integrity

Agenda• Office of Academic Integrity

oCampaign and survey• Key academic issues, Policy 71 & 72• Resources• Tips

Background and Purpose• Launched in 2008

• Acts as promotional and educational unit

• Focuses on academic integrity and integrity in general

• Communicates to entire uWaterloo community

Integrity Campaign• Integrity posters released in October 2011 also feature

accompanying videos uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/workstudyplay

Academic Integrity Survey• Anonymous, online survey • October 2-12• Dr. Don McCabe, Rutgers University and

Dr. Julia Christensen-Hughes, University of Guelph

We greatly appreciate all responses!

Key Academic Integrity Issues

• Cheating

• Plagiarism

• Unauthorized collaboration

• Impersonation

• Misrepresentation

Integrity-related Policies

Policy 71 – Student Discipline• Addresses principles,

offences, procedures, and penalties related to student misconduct, academic and non-academic.

• Authority to deal with matters for graduate students rests with the Graduate Associate Deans.

Policy 72 – Student Appeals• Addresses the procedures

students must follow to refute a decision made regarding Policy 71; a student can appeal only within 10 working days of receipt of decision.

• Also includes: bases for appealing a case, appeal forms, details on appeal process.

Policy descriptions taken directly from uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/about-academic-integrity/integrity-policies-0

Other Policies• Policy 33: Ethical behaviour• Policy 69: Conflict of interest• Policy 70: Student petitions and

grievances• Policy 73: Intellectual property rights*Links to these policies are available at uwaterloo.ca/secretariat/ and uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity

Resources• Online tutorial (lib.uwaterloo.ca/gradait/)

Resources• Tip Sheets (uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity)

Websites• Office of Academic Integrity

o uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity• Library

o lib.uwaterloo.ca• Office of Research Ethics

• iris.uwaterloo.ca/ethics/integrity/index.htm• Student Success Office

o uwaterloo.ca/student-success• Counselling Services

o uwaterloo.ca/counselling-services

Tips• Ask for clarification• Attend workshops• Stay organized and on schedule• Review policies• Stay healthy• Get support