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 Advisers and instructors have little influence when the student body perceives itself as the consumer: the consumer is always right. I tried teaching stats to undergraduates at a small private university in the Detroit metro area. Cheating on homework and exams was flagrant. When I dared to inform one student in writing that he would have to sit at the front of the class for exams, his response was to file a complaint with the university when he didn't get an A or B, and he hid further in the back of the class during the exams and quizzes. In the past I've given dozens of presentations to patients in residential drug treatment programs and have always been given more courtesy from recovering drug addicts than from the students. Will I teach undergraduates again? No, thank you. I will leave out the name of the institution to avoid the controversy it would create.~ Douglas L. Marsh, May 4, 2005 Academic honesty/integrity is a systems issue. The institution itself must first set the standard for integrity. It then becomes part of the adviser's role to inform, educate, and support that policy. In the advising folder that I provide my students, I include the university's policy on integrity and review it with my students. During our advising relationship, the topic is one of many that may come up in a conversation about course work or grades.~ Donna M. Smith, The University of Findlay, May 4, 2005 The only time this issue comes up in my office is when a student is caught cheating. At that point, I discuss it, but not at length. I think it's important; however, I'm not convinced that most freshman-aged students even know what the word integrity means, let alone how to practice it!~ Kara E. Lattimer, Virginia Tech, May 5, 2005 The Mentor is published by Penn State's Division of Undergraduate Studies Available online at www.psu.edu/dus/mentor/ Privacy and Legal Statements | Copyright | © The Pennsylvania State University | All rights reserved | |
