Experience has shown that students think faculty are responsible, faculty think students and administrators are responsible and administrators think that students and faculty are responsible. Faculty Responsibility Faculty are responsible for educating students about what academic integrity is and why it is a core value within institutions of higher learning. After providing this framework, faculty should then explain the various forms of cheating, emphasizing the practices that will be considered dishonest within their own classes . It is recommended that faculty use a number of different vehicles to convey essential information, including classroom discussions, syllabus statements, and course handouts. As educators, faculty are responsible for serving as good role models for integrity.
Faculty are responsible for preventing , detecting , and reporting academic dishonesty.
Students have the responsibility to be familiar with the University policies and to seek clarification with faculty if they are unclear about expectations for any assignment. Students are also encouraged to report academic dishonesty . In the sense that a university is a community, students should understand their own role in the creation of the kind of environment that encourages honesty and discourages academic fraud. Students need not tolerate any action on the part of another that diminishes their own integrity or that of the university. Administrators are responsible for educating the entire campus community about university policies and procedures , promoting academic integrity, and appropriately addressing violations of these policies.