Legal Bases for Dealing with Academic Dishonesty

From: College and University | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Academic dishonesty poses a threat to the goals of every educational institution. This article draws heavily from current literature and case law to provide an overview of academic dishonesty, paying particular attention to associated legal aspects, such as due process, the content and communication of policies, sanctions, prevention, and detection.

"'This is superior work,' wrote a professor on a student's paper. 'It was excellent when Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote it, just as it is today. Saint Thomas gets an A. You get an F"' (Alschuler and Blimling 1995, p.123).

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