Upholding Academic Integrity

By: Lucy Kluckhohn-Jones, Professor of Microbiology & College Ombudsperson

• Scholarship is a useful and lifelong skill.  Be a scholar. 
• Maintain the appearance of scholarship—especially if an instructor has been the victim of academic dishonesty. 
• Use the rest room before the exam.
• Be prepared.  Bring the correct materials to the exam.
• Sit apart from your friends and lab partners.
• For inspiration, look at the ceiling, look at the floor, look anywhere but at your classmate’s paper.
• Cover your own paper to prevent borrowing by roving eyes.
• Direct any questions to the instructor, not the student in the next chair.
• Be patient.  There’s one instructor, and there are lots of students.