The following resources can assist faculty in promoting academic integrity as well as in preventing and detecting academic dishonesty. 

Academic excellence fundamentally depends upon the values of academic integrity, as the “Ten Principles of Academic Integrity” illustrate (below).  Teaching practices such as communicating clear expectations, setting high standards, giving meaningful assignments, demanding attainable outcomes and ensuring fair assessment support both academic integrity and academic excellence.  Some helpful practical suggestions to advance these ends can be found on this page.  As well, there are useful tools and tips to help prevent, detect and confront academic dishonesty.

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Promoting Academic Integrity

Two Simple Steps from the Academic Integrity Code: “Faculty should remind students in their classes each semester of the Academic Integrity Code and may require that students sign a statement that they have adhered to the Code when writing a specific examination or paper.” Most of the academic units and the General Education Program request that faculty include a statement about the code in the course syllabus (a sample statement is available at the gen-ed Web page on Faculty Resources)

“Integrity: Academic and Political, A letter to my students” 
A compelling statement by Bill Taylor, a professor of political science at Oakton Community College, about what he believes academic integrity requires of both him and his students.

“Ten Principles of Academic Integrity”
A foundational document by Donald McCabe and Gary Pavela (published by College Administration Publications).