4.Times and place of instructor's office hours. 1.Student-teacher relationships are built on trust. For example, students must trust that teachers have made appropriate decisions about the structure and content of the courses they teach, and teachers must trust that the assignments which students turn in are their own. Acts which violate this trust undermine the educational process. The Rensselaer Handbook defines various forms of Academic Dishonesty and procedures for responding to them.
All forms are violations of the trust between students and teachers.
Students should familiarize themselves with this portion of the Rensselaer Handbook and should note that the penalties for plagiarism and other forms of cheating can be quite harsh. 2.Collaborative or group work should be encouraged at all times. In addition to the above information, as you do your course planning, I ask each of you to consider a much more important, yet subtle, part of your teaching responsibilities, the faculty-student interaction in the classroom and its impact on learning and on feelings toward Rensselaer. Please consider how through your course, the faculty-student interaction can be enhanced. Greater retention of students can result from successes we make in this area.