Student Conduct Information for Faculty

Flow Chart of Academic Integrity Process

This flow chart outlines the process that faculty will use to respond to violations of the academic integrity policy regarding cheating, plagiarism, and fabrication.

Academic Integrity Instructions for Responding to a Violation

These are the detailed instructions that the faculty member will use when responding to a violation.  Since the chairperson of the department is also involved in the process, the chairperson also receives the instructions the first time a faculty member in their department is responding to a violation.  Also included is a sample letter to be sent to the student.

Common Disruptive Classroom Behaviors

While certain disruptive behaviors have occurred in classrooms for many years (ex:  sleeping in class and excessive lateness) newer disruptive behaviors are arising and with more frequency (ex: cell phone and pagers going off and verbal or written threats directly or indirectly towards faculty).  This list includes the most common behaviors that are disruptive to the teaching and learning environment.  Faculty member are encouraged to inform students at the beginning of the course of the expectations the faculty member has for many of the behavior in the list.  It is advisable for this information to be included as part of the syllabus for the course. 

Student Conduct Code:  List of Violations

This is the list of 42 behaviors that are considered violations of the Student Conduct Code as approved by the Board of Trustees for the University of Maine System May 22, 2000.  The first three are the academic violations that can be adjudicated by faculty.  The remaining 39 are the nonacademic violations adjudicated by through the Office of Community Standards directly.

Online Plagiarism Webography

Thanks to Natalie Hutchinson, USM Libraries, and The Center for Teaching Workshop:  WEB of Deceit:  Plagiarism in the Online Age, spring 2002 for the many of the links in the following list.  As of 10/31/02 these links are correct and active.

Online Paper Mills (free or fee-based)

A1 Term Papers
http://www.a1-termpaper.com/index.shtml
Cheater.Com
http://cheater.com 
 
FastPapers.Com
http://fastpapers.com

No Cheaters.Com
http://www.nocheaters.com

Research Papers Online A+
http://www.cheathouse.com/

School Paper.Com
http://www.schoolpaper.com

School Sucks
http://www.schoolsucks.com

The Evil House of Cheat
http://www.cheathouse.com

Helping Students to Avoid Plagiarism

Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (Indiana University Bloomington)
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html

Plagiary and the Art of Skillful Citation
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/immuno/citewell

Plagiarism Detection and links to Articles about Plagiarism

Turnitin.com
http://www.turnitin.com

Glatt Plagiarism Services
http://www.plagiarism.com/index/htm