Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity and Honor Codes in Schools
In today's society, there is a trend being set by both college and high school students. The trend is moving from academic integrity to academic dishonesty. What exactly is the difference between academic integrity versus dishonesty? I believe that academic integrity is a state of pride and belief in ones own knowledge and work. It is taking what you know and applying it in a scholarly systematic way without help from any other source that would make any part of the work not their own. It is taking pride and credit for work that is completely there's. Academic dishonesty on the other hand is taking someone else's work and claiming it as your own. So given the shift in trends in this dilemma, why is this shift happening and what is being done to stop it? The first reason that I believe that students are turning to academic dishonesty more now than ever before is one simple word, the Internet. With billions of useful pieces of information readily available on the Internet, students can cheat by simply finding their topic, copying and pasting it to a word document, and turning it in as their own work. It is so easy. Students feel that because there is so much information readily available on the Internet that no one could possibly know that they cheated or be able to prove it for that matter. However, there are glitches to their plans. Yes, they are right that there is a lot of information on the Internet and it would be almost impossible to prove that they did, but there are new cites that are being created such as www.Turnitin.com that will compare the paper that is turned in to all the websites on the web looking for exact matches. It is getting easier and easier for teachers to catch students cheating and not just by gut instinct but with actual proof. Another reason that students have turned to cheating is the pressure that is being put on them by parents, professors, and even themselves. Students can become
In today's society, there is a trend being set by both college and high school students. The trend is moving from academic integrity to academic dishonesty. What exactly is the difference between academic integrity versus dishonesty? I believe that academic integrity is a state of pride and belief in ones own knowledge and work. It is taking what you know and applying it in a scholarly systematic way without help from any other source that would make any part of the work not their own. It is taking pride and credit for work that is completely there's. Academic dishonesty on the other hand is taking someone else's work and claiming it as your own. So given the shift in trends in this dilemma, why is this shift happening and what is being done to stop it? The first reason that I believe that students are turning to academic dishonesty more now than ever before is one simple word, the Internet. With billions of useful pieces of information readily available on the Internet, students can cheat by simply finding their topic, copying and pasting it to a word document, and turning it in as their own work. It is so easy. Students feel that because there is so much information readily available on the Internet that no one could possibly know that they cheated or be able to prove it for that matter. However, there are glitches to their plans. Yes, they are right that there is a lot of information on the Internet and it would be almost impossible to prove that they did, but there are new cites that are being created such as www.Turnitin.com that will compare the paper that is turned in to all the websites on the web looking for exact matches. It is getting easier and easier for teachers to catch students cheating and not just by gut instinct but with actual proof. Another reason that students have turned to cheating is the pressure that is being put on them by parents, professors, and even themselves. Students can become
Cited: Canter, Andrew. Student Honor Council. 12 January 2005. . Jackson, Wonetha. "Internet Makes Plagiarism Easier." U-Wire. 12 January 2005. . Rubright, Jen. The Effectiveness of Honor Codes (Millersville University). 7 February 2001. 12 January 2005. .