9/17/021 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)

9/17/023 Review Committee Recommendations Office or organization responsible Actions taken or needed Action items for Senate

9/17/024 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

9/17/025 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

9/17/026 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

9/17/027 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)

9/17/028 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

9/17/029 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

9/17/0210 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

9/17/0211 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

9/17/0212 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

9/17/0213 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

9/17/0214 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

9/17/0215 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 1 st time offenders Available by August, 2003

9/17/0216 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