Athletic Academic Integrity Plan

十大正规网赌平台’s Athletic 部门 Effective Practice in Preventing 与学术造假的侦查

Adopted by President’s Cabinet 10-25-16

The 十大正规网赌平台 Athletic Department takes academic integrity seriously and we believe we have developed a strong protocol for preventing academic fraud, along with raising student/athlete awareness and consciousness of the relationship integrity has to the validity of assessment, deterring behavior, and minimizing opportunities 因为不诚实.

Effective Practice-Prevention

• • The first step in preventing dishonesty is raising student/athlete consciousness.
  • Provide Students with written and visual information outlining expectations, policies, procedures and consequences of 抄袭和作弊 (Outlined in the EGSC Student/Athlete Handbook and Presented at the Student/Athlete 取向).
  • Include student code of conduct, student/athlete handbook, and have student/athletes sign handbook at athletic orientation.
  • Reiterate expectations to student/athletes at orientation by having EGSC Student Conduct Director to speak with all teams about academic integrity, including what constitutes academic integrity violation and what the penalties for such violations are. (电力 Point Presentation at the Student/Athlete 取向).
  • The Vice President for Academic Affairs speaks to student/athletes at orientation about expectations, and what is expected of them in the classroom.
  • Vice President for 信息技术 will reference at the student/athlete orientation EGSC校园电脑 & Network Usage Policy and the EGSC Acceptable Use Policy, along with detailing permissible and non-permissible utilization of EGSC accounts.
  • Require Students to sign a declaration in the Student/Athlete Handbook that all work is original to the student, authentic, and free of plagiarism.

Practices to Actively Prevent Academic Fraud

• • A practice during initial team meetings (student/athlete orientation) and at the middle and end of each semester of having EGSC counselors/student conduct representatives remind students about academic integrity.
  • ACE Director/Faculty provide information and tutorials of how to reference and acknowledge 资源和资源. (学生手册)
  • ACE Director/Tutors and Faculty explain to students the measures used to identify 抄袭和作弊. (Presented at Student/Athlete 取向)

Athletic Department Safeguards

• • Head Coaches/Athletic Director at EGSC should be the only Athletic Staff communicating with faculty regarding student/athlete academic progress.
  • A protocol by the ACE Center that does not allow EGSC tutors to assist student/athletes on take home exams or take home graded assignments.
  • A requirement that all EGSC tutors, prior to working with student/athletes, undergo thorough training that covers EGSC student handbook policies regarding academic integrity.

Actively Detecting and Exploring Suspicions

• • Regularly scheduled meetings by an oversight committee of faculty and administrators, appointed by the VP for Academic Affairs that monitor’s student/athlete grade and enrollment patterns, bringing any unusual patterns to the Academic Affairs office 为后续.
  • A policy under which faculty athletic representative (Vice President for Academic Affairs/Student-Athlete Advisor) personally contacts any professor submitting a grade change request for an athlete to confirm that the change is legitimate and was not requested by the athletic department or any other outside individual or group.

The Athletic Department at 十大正规网赌平台 clearly understands that there will never be a catch-all system to eliminate academic fraud; however we must remain proactive in reviewing our policies and procedures for educating our student/athletes on academic fraud and monitoring our program to reduce the likelihood of systematic 学术不端行为.