Campus Conversation on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism:
Would an “Honor Code” Make a Difference?
A University at Albany Senate-Sponsored Forum
Co-Sponsored by the Graduate Student Organization and Student Association
Tuesday, March 27
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from 6-8 p.m.
Campus Center Ballroom
This Forum creates an opportunity for the entire campus community to engage in a conversation initially
begun in the Provost’s Task Force on Academic Integrity. The members of that Task Force
recommended further discussion of the possibility of some kind of honor code tailored with our own
campus needs in mind. University Senate, GSO, and SA now invite faculty and students to share with
each other perspectives on the related topics of academic integrity and the possibility of an honor code.
While some of the activities typically associated with honor codes appear to focus on student activities,
the panelists agree that faculty and the administration would also become essential partners in the
creation, promotion, and response to an honor code. The panel will address both student and faculty
responsibility to encourage a culture that supports academic integrity as well as the ways in which
students become role models for peers and faculty become role models for their students.
Please join us with a panel drawn from across the University community to share ideas concerning these
important topics and potential next steps. For further background information concerning honor codes,
please refer to: http://www.academicintegrity.org/samp_honor_codes.asp#college
The panelists are:
Diane Dewar, Moderator; Chair of the University Senator (School of Public Health)
Marjorie Pryse, Dean of Graduate Studies (Women’s Studies and English)
Sue R. Faerman, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (Public Affairs and Policy)
Robert Bangert-Drowns (Educational Theory and Practice)
Thomas Mackey (Information Science and Policy)
Elga Wulfert, Chair, Committee on Ethics in Research and Scholarship (Psychology)
Richard Collier, Secretary, University Senate (Institutional Research)
Maria Chau, President, Graduate Student Organization
Nicholas Chiuchiolo, President, Student Association
