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™ from 6-8 p.m.
Campus Center Ballroom
This Forum creates an opportunity for the entire campus community to engage ina
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
