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Plagiarism - Learning guide notes (College Success textbook)
Consequences of Cheating
You don’t learn as much.
it won’t teach you how to apply knowledge in the world after school, nor will it give you a foundation of knowledge for learning more advanced material.
You risk failing the course or even expulsion from school.
Each institution has its own definitions of and penalties for academic dishonesty, but most include cheating, plagiarism, and fabrication or falsification.
Cheating causes stress.
Fear of getting caught will cause you stress and anxiety; this will get in the way of performing well with the information you do know.
You are trashing your integrity.
Cheating once and getting away with it makes it easier to cheat again, and the more you cheat, the more comfortable you will feel with giving up your integrity in other areas of life—with perhaps even more serious consequences.
You’re throwing away your money and time.
Getting a college education is a big investment of money and effort. You’re simply not getting your full value when you cheat, because you don’t learn as much.
Cheating lowers your self-esteem.
If you cheat, you are telling yourself that you are simply not smart enough to handle learning. It also robs you of the feeling of satisfaction from genuine success.
The attitude of some students that grades are the end-all in academics has led many students to resort to
academic dishonesty
to try to get the best possible grades or handle the pressure of an academic program.
How Technology has played a part in cheating
Technology has made it easier to cheat.
you can buy a paper, as long as you have internet and a credit card, on just about any subject and length.
You can copy and paste for free from various Web sites.
Students have made creative use of texting and video on their cell phones to gain unauthorized access to material for exams.
How Technology has played a part in stopping cheating
be aware that technology has also created ways for instructors to easily detect these forms of academic dishonesty.
Most colleges make these tools available to their instructors
Instructors are also modifying their testing approaches to reduce potential academic misconduct by using methods that are harder to cheat at (such as in-class essays that evaluate your thinking and oral presentations).
Examples of Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty can take many forms, and you should be careful to avoid them. The following list from Northwestern University is a clear and complete compilation of what most institutions will consider unacceptable academic behavior.
Cheating:
Using unauthorized notes, study aids, or information on an examination
altering a graded work after it has been returned, then submitting the work for regrading
allowing another person to do one’s work and submitting that work under one’s own name
submitting identical or similar papers for credit in more than one course without prior permission from the course instructors
Plagiarism:
ubmitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one’s own work without attributing those same portions to their correct source
Unauthorized Access:
to computerized academic or administrative records or systems: viewing or altering computer records, modifying computer programs or systems, releasing or dispensing information gained via unauthorized access, or interfering with the use or availability of computer systems or information.
Fabrication:
falsifying or inventing any information, data or citation
presenting data that were not gathered in accordance with standard guidelines defining the appropriate methods for collecting or generating data and failing to include an accurate account of the method by which the data were gathered or collected
Obtaining an Unfair Advantage:
stealing, reproducing, circulating or otherwise gaining access to examination materials prior to the time authorized by the instructor
stealing, destroying, defacing or concealing library materials with the purpose of depriving others of their use
unauthorized collaboration on an academic assignment
retaining, possessing, using or circulating previously given examination materials, where those materials clearly indicate that they are to be returned to the instructor at the conclusion of the examination
intentionally obstructing or interfering with another student’s academic work
otherwise undertaking activity with the purpose of creating or obtaining an unfair academic advantage over other students’ academic work.
Aiding and Abetting Academic Dishonesty:
providing material, information, or other assistance to another person with knowledge that such aid could be used in any of the violations stated above,
providing false information in connection with any inquiry regarding academic integrity.
Falsification of Records and Official Documents:
altering documents affecting academic records
forging signatures of authorization or falsifying information on an official academic document, grade report, letter of permission, petition, drop/add form, ID card, or any other official University document.
Key Takeaways
Being dishonest can have major consequences that can affect not only your college career but also your life beyond college.
“Everybody does it” and “It’s no big deal at my school” are not valid reasons for cheating.
When you cheat, you are primarily cheating yourself.