Senate Bill 08-09-20
| Bill ID: | 08-09-20 |
| Name: | Academic Integrity |
| Proposed: | 12/15/2008 |
| Sponsor: | David Freund, Chair of the Student Conduct Committee (SCC) |
| Proposal: | To develop strategies for supporting the Office of Student Conduct's efforts to educate students about proper academic practices and to enforce the Code of Academic Integrity. The Student Conduct Committee (SCC) will focus on a proposal to encourage or require that all incoming students (freshman and transfer students) complete an on-line tutorial on issues of academic integrity. |
| Active? | No |
Status
| Status: | Completed |
| Completed On: | 03/07/2014 |
History
| Status: | Complete |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate |
| Received: | 2014-02-27 |
| Decision Date: | 2014-03-06 |
| Decision: | The Senate voted to approve the report. |
| Next Step: | Presidential Approval |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2014-02-11 |
| Decision Date: | 2014-02-18 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to place the item on the March 6, 2014 Senate meeting agenda for consideration. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the Student Conduct Committee's final report at its 2/18/2014 meeting and voted to forward the report to the Senate for review. |
| Next Step: | Senate Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Student Conduct Committee |
| Received: | 2011-05-13 |
| Decision Date: | 2014-02-11 |
| Decision: | The SCC voted to send a final report on Academic Integrity to the SEC for review. |
| Actions: | The committee continued to work on the development of an Academic Integrity Tutorial, with the support of the Office of Student Conduct (OSC), throughout the 2011-2012 academic year. The draft tutorial was edited during the 2011-2012 academic year; it is available online at http://www.academicintegrity.umd.edu/ The OSC piloted the tutorial with University Student Judiciary members and in UNIV 100 courses across campus during the summer and fall 2012 semesters. OSC received 169 responses over 4 months (August - November 2012). Minor adjustments were made by OSC/DRL throughout the piloting. The SCC reviewed the responses and feedback in December 2012 and worked on the tutorial during the spring 2013 semester, as well. The SCC met with the Assistant Director of the OSC on October 18, 2013 to discuss steps for moving forward. The 2013-2014 SCC continued to work on a tutorial with the OSC. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2011-05-05 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-05-12 |
| Decision: | The SEC reviewed the committee's status report. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the Student Conduct Committee's status report at its 5/12/2011 meeting. |
| Next Step: | SCC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Student Conduct Committee |
| Received: | 2010-08-25 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-05-01 |
| Decision: | The SCC voted to send a status report to the SEC for review. |
| Actions: | The SEC charged the 2010-2011 SCC with implementing a trial period of an online tutorial and developing a method for assessing its effectiveness. The SEC asked the SCC to continue its work on the topic of Academic Integrity and asked for a status report by the end of the Spring 2011 semester. In conjunction with the Office of Student Conduct, a draft of the online Academic Integrity Tutorial was completed during the 2010-2011 academic year. The SCC submitted a status report to the SEC in May 2011. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2010-08-17 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-08-24 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to charge the Student Conduct Committee with this item. |
| Actions: | The SEC drafted a charge for the Student Conduct Committee (SCC), as agreed upon in April 2010. |
| Next Step: | SCC Review |
| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Student Conduct Committee |
| Received: | 2010-04-27 |
| Decision: | The SCC reviewed the letter from the SEC. |
| Actions: | The SCC received a letter from the SEC confirming that it will charge the 2010-2011 SCC with implementing a trial period of an online tutorial and developing a method for assessing its effectiveness. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2010-04-13 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-04-20 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to charge the 2010-2011 Student Conduct Committee with the requested task. |
| Actions: | The SEC approved the request to charge the committee to complete its evaluation of this item at its 4/20/2010 meeting. |
| Next Step: | Student Conduct Committee Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Student Conduct Committee |
| Received: | 2008-12-15 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-04-13 |
| Decision Due By: | 2010-02-01 |
| Decision: | The SCC voted to send a letter to the SEC requesting to be charged with the creation of an academic integrity tutorial. |
| Actions: | The 2009-2010 SCC submitted a letter of request to the Chair of the Senate in April 2010, asking to be officially charged with creating an academic integrity tutorial, implementing a trial period of the online tutorial, and developing of a method for assessing its effectiveness. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |