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Academic Honor Policy
Dr. Jennifer Buchanan
Assistant Vice President for Faculty
Development and Advancement
Office of Faculty Development and Advancement
http://fda.fsu.edu
Academic Honor Policy Violations by
Academic Year
350
Reported by Incident Date • New Policy Effective Fall 2005
310
294
Number of Cases
300
279
239
250
208
216
200
156
161
157
150
100
50
76
80
46
0
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14*
Academic Year
*Through August 11, 2014
Cases and Outcomes
Educational Activities
3%
F in the course
10%
Dismissal, 1
Additional Academic
Work
4%
2013-2014
Academic Year
Sanctions
SRR Ethics Class, 1
0 on the assignment
50%
Disciplinary Probation
4%
ACE Consultation
2%
Suspension
2%
Reduced grade
for the course
8%
Reprimand - 0%
Revocation of Degree - 0%
None - 0%
Reduced grade
for the assignment
12%
Through July 28, 2014
Florida State University
Academic Honor Policy
Gray Areas and Instructor
Responsibility to Clarify
• Note: Instructors are responsible for
reinforcing the importance of the
Academic Honor Policy in their courses
and for clarifying their expectations
regarding collaboration and multiple
submission of academic work.
Unauthorized Group Work
UNAUTHORIZED GROUP WORK. Unauthorized
collaborating with others.
Typical Examples Include: Working with another
person or persons on any activity that is intended to be
individual work, where such collaboration has not been
specifically authorized by the instructor.
Multiple Submission
MULTIPLE SUBMISSION. Submitting the same
academic work (including oral presentations) for credit
more than once without instructor permission. It is each
instructor’s responsibility to make expectations regarding
incorporation of existing academic work into new
assignments clear to the student in writing by the time
assignments are given.
Typical Examples Include: Submitting the same paper
for credit in two courses without instructor permission;
making minor revisions in a credited paper or report
(including oral presentations) and submitting it again as if it
were new work.
Facebook Issues
• Recently, instructors have discovered instances of
students creating course-based Facebook groups and
using them to collaborate on homework and/or quizzes.
• If you assign individual work outside of class, please
articulate your policy regarding collaboration clearly and
be explicit about how it applies to study groups on
Facebook and elsewhere online.
• For more information, see:
http://fda.fsu.edu/Academics/Academic-Honor-Policy
Resources
• http://fda.fsu.edu/Academics/Academic-HonorPolicy
• http://facsenate.fsu.edu/Curriculum-Forms
• Jennifer Buchanan (me) at: [email protected]
or 644-6876
• Ameko Dillard ([email protected])
• Melissa Crawford ([email protected])